The kind editors at DRC (among them, my friend and former pastor, Charles Brown) invited me to make an occasional contribution to this blog. I’ve enjoyed following the discussions here over the past couple years, and it’s a great privilege to be able to contribute in any small way I can. My own plans for [...]
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Movement Conservatism
Posted in Conservatism on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Evangelicalism and Ma Bell
Posted in Conservatism, localism on August 19, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Alasdair Macintyre, the astute Roman Catholic philosopher, got off one of the better quips about the difficulty of feeling loyalty for the modern nation-state when he wrote that being asked to die for one’s country is like “being asked to die for the telephone company.” Whether it’s AT&T or Verizon, it’s just too big, too [...]
Congrats to the new Jefferson County DA
Posted in 2008 Politics, Conservatism, localism on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Running on a “Little America” theme, Caleb Stegall scored a 30-point romp over the incumbent DA in yesterday’s election. Good news for all populists, crunchy cons, and reactionary radicals!
Just War
Posted in 2008 Politics, Conservatism on June 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As Charles Brown already notes in his summary of chapter 2 of The Revolution, Ron Paul raises the interesting issue of Christian just war theory. Citing Christian thinkers from Ambrose to Suarez Paul concludes that the war in Iraq fails to live up to the standards of just war theory. Paul (Ron not Apostle) lays [...]
A Victory for the Old School
Posted in 2008 Politics, Conservatism on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Walter Jones not only survived his Republican Party primary challenge but won decisively. Here is an short editorial by Christopher Check. If we had lost Jones or Jimmy Duncan what hope could still be found in the Republican Party? Cheers the Old School.
William F. Buckley for Mayor: Vote Row D!
Posted in Conservatism on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1965 the Conservative Party was looking for a candidate to run for Mayor of New York City. The Republican’s were running the ultra-liberal “Silk Stocking” district Congressman John Lindsey and the Democrats were rallying to the banner of Abraham Beame. What a candidate they found! On June 24th William F. Buckley, Jr. announced his [...]
Fox News on Buckley’s Passing
Posted in Conservatism on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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William F. Buckley, Requiescate in Pace
Posted in Conservatism on February 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
No figure more exquistetly reflected the American Conservative movement both intellectually and within the popular imagination than William F. Buckley. Buckley woke this morning in the presence of His God. The man who first emerged as a critic of establishment liberalism in God and Man at Yale went on to found the rights most prestigious [...]
Caleb’s Review at ISI’s First Principles
Posted in Conservatism, localism, Sustainability on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Caleb’s review of Jason Peters, ed. Wendell Berry: Life and Work If you have not done so already, you really need to bookmark First Principles. It is the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s new web journal. ISI should really start a blog. Maybe they could get Caleb to be a regular. I would tune in daily.
Our Agrarian Paradise
Posted in Conservatism, Environment, localism, Sustainability on February 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am so glad to live in Walworth New York. Wayne County New York is an agrarian paradise. During the summer the road sides are dotted with small farm stands standing in front of handsome old farm houses. Pick up your fruits and veggies put your money in a little box and you are on [...]
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