Articles

Civilizing the Economy

Pope Benedict XVI's eagerly awaited third encyclical was released today:  "Charity in Truth."  I'll be reading it over the next few days, but here's...

Can’t Buy Me Love

The folks at First Things have been kind enough to ignore my lame punning and respond to some of my criticisms, which has resulted...

Justice and Community

The conversation between Rusty Reno, Jody Bottum, and Caleb Stegall prompted me to revisit a recent post from "What I Saw In America" in...

Race, Localism, and the Problem of Over-Articulation: A Further Response to...

Joe Carter, managing editor of First Things, has been gracious enough to put up with my jokes at his boss's expense, so forthwith, I...

On Canada, Conservatism, Tories, and Blackberries

Wichita, KS In honor of Canada Day, in the fine federation (though these days, in the eyes of a majority of Canadians, less a federation...

Will Wendell Be Jailed?

Claremont, CA. Wendell Berry, writer and farmer and hero to the people, might move from the farmhouse to the big house. Speaking at one of...

Carolina is for Pig-Lovers

BURNED-OVER DISTRICT, NY--Here comes the Fourth, and instead of asking why Americans revolted against remote authority in 1776 yet countenance it today, let us...

What’s Modernity Marx Got to Do With It? (FPR vs. PoMoCon,...

Wichita, KS Blogger though I am, I can't deny that there is a major advantage to arguments conducted through the slower media of paper (to...

Aristotle and the Cult of the Immediate

In the current economic and political crisis, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is not likely to be one of the first places that Americans go looking...

C’mon Do the Pomocomotion With Me

A few impressions on the state of play. 1.  Agree with JMW that this exchange has not been very helpful, and reiterate first thought that...