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, [...]
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Evangelicalism and Ma Bell
Posted in Conservatism, localism on August 19, 2008 | 26 Comments »
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!
Beer and civilization
Posted in localism on July 14, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Sad news today about the sale of Anheuser-Busch to the Belgian-owned, Brazilian-run InBev company. Of course, you shouldn’t have been drinking very much Budweiser even before this sale. You should be drinking local beer (or making your own). But now Budweiser must definitely be booted from the fridge.
Anyway, this news story has spawned an outstanding [...]
Near Rochester? Come to the Old Toad for Bill Kauffman
Posted in Misc., localism on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you live in or near Rochester allow me to invite you to the Old Toad this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Bill Kauffman will be joining us to discussion his recent books. Bill is a Western New York legend and has a great following among the Presby-Cons (a term coined by Kauffman to [...]
Caleb’s Review at ISI’s First Principles
Posted in Conservatism, Sustainability, localism 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 [...]
Our Agrarian Paradise
Posted in Conservatism, Environment, Sustainability, localism 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 [...]
Meats of Woe
Posted in Conservatism, Environment, Humane economics, Natural Law, Sustainability, localism on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Industrial and farming are two words that should never be in the same sentence except by way of contrast. Kinda like the words industrial and ecclesiastical. Mega-churches with cheap salvation. Mega-meats with cheap chicken. Everyone once in a while a news story offers a warning about the dangers, even the sins, [...]
Westminster’s Warrior Children
Posted in localism on February 2, 2008 | 25 Comments »
We have moved past times when the revolution will be televised. Now it’s happening on blogs. Dueling blogs have recently been created to voice either despair or support for the current administration at WTS (Philadelphia). Saveourseminary.com (get it, SOS) is the outlet for students and alumni who fear that the biblical studies [...]
If you are near Pittsburgh…
Posted in 2008 Politics, Corporate Confession, localism on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I will be speaking this Friday evening at the annual conference of the National Reform Association.
NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION (NRA)
Publisher of the Christian Statesman
Annual Conference – Friday Nov. 16th 7pm
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A Modest Proposoal
Posted in Corporate Confession, localism on August 27, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Corporate confession’s conclusion
What is the National Confessional approach to Christ’s mediatorial Kingship? This series began by noting the four-fold foundation of the National Confessional approach: corporate confession, distinguishing kingdoms, applying the moral law, and defending the Church. So far this series has focused on the issue of corporate confession of Christ. Surveying [...]
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