Patrick J. Deneen

Patrick J. Deneen
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Patrick J. Deneen teaches political theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, most recently Why Liberalism Failed.

Recent Essays

The Great Recession and the Rebirth of Community

An article in last week's Washington Post explores the revival of communities as a response to the economic crisis. According to the article, As...

A Disposable Society

Princeton, NJ At most cafes today there is a station where packets of sugar, canisters of milk and cream, and coffee stirrers are conveniently...

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

I've been reviewing a number of the online offerings of Chris Martenson, whose "crash course" on contemporary economics was made known to me on...

Obama’s Small Town Values – Not

I posted this piece at What I Saw In America on Friday last; for any readers of both these sites, I apologize for the...

Walkaway

In addition to frequent searches that lead people to an earlier posting on "monoculture" on my site "What I Saw in America," among the...

Tea Party

Last week's motley collection of protests against taxation, centralization and the Government are now old news, but their spirit remains perennially relevant. Invoked...

The Crappiest Generation

I've been recommending this clip from the Conan O'Brien show to anyone willing to listen (many simply back away, slowly...).  It's side-splittingly funny, and...

April 15

Princeton, NJ I have to admit, I have been finding it difficult to write much of anything of late. This is a...

G.K. Gets Real

I recently received a handsome, newly published copy of the book America Through European Eyes, published by Penn State University Press and edited by...

Entropy Made Visible

Since Stewart posted a terrific video about the death of bee colonies from "TED," I thought I'd post my own favorite from that site...

Oiko-Systems

Alexandria, VA. For many years now, "environmentalists" have sought to thwart the extension of forms of commerce and economic development that prove destructive of...

Against Monoculture

In plant or animal life, a single virus or bacteria, a single destructive fungus or disease, a single hostile predator or pest would wipe out an entire monoculture without the barest resistance. It is the very nature of nature to avoid monocultures - indeed, it cannot be otherwise since any form of monoculture cannot long exist in nature.