Friendship and civic virtue
Patrick Deneen has written a fascinating entry on friendship, politics and civic virtue. Excerpting doesn’t do the post justice, but here’s the crux of his thesis: The real relationships of people in their localities...
Daily Archive: February 25, 2010
The French: Dangerous or Merely Useless?
Jody Bottum’s provocative First Things piece on France put me in mind of this old but timeless piece by the late Porterfield Higgins-Jones Jr.: Why do we Anglo-Saxon nations, with our wise Moderation, reverence...
Healthcare will always be a thorn in the side of the GOP
I have learned far more about healthcare reform than I ever thought I would in recent months. In the end, what leaps out at me is that this issue – unresolved – will become...
Defending the tea parties
In the comments to my tea party post, Freddie writes: It would help, you know, if you didn’t caricature my argument, or insert terms I didn’t use. Indeed, the point isn’t that they are...
Sympathy for the Aristocracy
Those who share the Porch’s aristocratic nostalgia will enjoy Trevor Phillips on The Wind in the Willows:
A Quick FAQ
So who are you anyway? I’m a Research Fellow at the Cato Institute. Here’s my professional page. I’m especially proud of Cato Unbound, the Institute’s monthly ideas journal, which I help to edit. Ah,...
