Civilization & The Sacred
Civilization rests upon the sacred. Thus it is as grimly appropriate that the first atom bomb test was sacrilegiously codenamed “Trinity” – as in *the* Trinity – as it is that the Fat Man made an almost direct hit upon Urakami Cathedral, the most sacred spot in Nagasaki.
The Games They Play
This year the House has come together to support national pollinator week, national dairy month, and national train day.
The City of Bell and the Problem of Local Control
“It enabled us to create our own vision for the future. That was the way I look at it then and now.” I guess part of that “vision” was Tammany Hall.
Pale Liberalism
It is time to reopen the questions about human nature, about human autonomy, about the desirability self-creation. Liberals should, in brief, broaden their horizons to ponder competing views of human flourishing.
Too Big to Ignore
Our military is off defending Afghanistan and Iraq from themselves while our Financial Titans are rescued to live another day of utterly neglecting the welfare of the Republic.
The Horror of a World without TAC
Keeping alive a print vehicle for independent, thoughtful conservatism depends on us.
Science, Self-Deification, and Gnosticism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" provides a springboard for reflecting on the problems of scientism, especially the temptation to self-deification and, what Eric Voegelin terms, modern Gnosticism.
Naive Experts: Economists and the Real World
If your doctor had this same track record of diagnosing and treating disease, you’d be dead by now.
Happy 75th Birthday, Carl Oglesby!
Look around and you’ll see that the seeds planted by the New Left have not all fallen on hard ground. I think maybe they’re ready to flower.