McCarthy on conservatism and the post-Boomer generations
Must-read stuff this morning from Dan McCarthy at the The American Conservative.
Dan argues that the Gen X and the Millennial generations are not necessarily...
Gird Your Loins: It’s an Election
Holland, MI
On Inauguration Day 2009 various organizations at my college held a celebration to mark the inauguration of America’s first African-American president. Large TV...
“Like Most Satirists I am a Reactionary”
Native son and caustically loving biographer of our country Gore Vidal (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-last-republican) has died. Don't mourn; read: Burr, Lincoln, Screening History, Homage to Daniel Shays, United...
Scotch on the Bruce
Owen Sound, ONT
The Bruce Peninsula extends like a claw off Southern Ontario’s main land mass into the Great Lakes basin. Forming a long arc...
Happy Birthday! Hose your Grandkids.
Of all the downsides attendant to turning fifty, none annoys quite so much as receiving membership offers from the AARP. The junk mail invites...
iGod
Erstwhile Porcher Caleb Stegall has a fine piece in The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry where he discusses the difference between convivial and instrumental uses...
Among the Mad Farmers: Chicago Good Food Festival and Conference
“If you’ve never worked a tradeshow booth,” a business pal once remarked to me, “you’re not a real American.” True dat. At the Good...
Ciceronian Society Conference at UVA, March 29-31
FPR readers are invited to attend the coming Ciceronian Society Conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, March 29-31. All attendance to observe...
“Slaying the Dragon”
The indispensable Tony Esolen, invoking the themes of place, limits, and liberty with great eloquence.
Ciceronian Society Meeting at UVA: Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS: CICERONIAN SOCIETY
2012 ANNUAL MEETING AT UVA
The Ciceronian Society will be holding its annual meeting at the University of Virginia, March 29-31,...