December 19, 2010
America’s Bleak Mid-Winter
In Christian churches across the length and breadth of this land, millions of Americans will take comfort and inspiration this week from the story of the Nativity. They will glory in the well-known tale of a poor couple, read more »
December 9, 2010
President Obama and This Generation’s “Sputnik Moment”
The community college in my small North Carolinian city received a presidential visit on Monday. The President came, spoke and left, in a visit that would have been only locally newsworthy but for the importance of what he said. read more »
November 22, 2010
Eating the Old at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is America’s great family holiday, the one time in the year when the various generations of the American family make every effort to gather together in some mutually convenient place, the better to share a turkey dinner and to eat pumpkin pie. read more »
November 14, 2010
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Rome lived on its principal until ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia Road was crowded with carts and muleteers, carrying to the great city the silks and spices of the East, the marble of Asia Minor, […] read more »
November 4, 2010
The Morning after the Day Before
The Monday morning quarterbacks are in full flow, and the post-mortem is already on. The alternatives are being immediately staked, and the relevant policy changes demanded. read more »
October 10, 2010
Countering the Enthusiasm Gap
What a difference two years make in times as serious as these. Two Novembers ago, all was hope and glory on the center-left in American politics, all was despair and despondency on the center-right. read more »
September 23, 2010
Contemporary Poverty and the Tasks of the Left
…Our imperial endeavors alone, if Chalmers Johnson is right, “will, sooner or later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency.”[1] read more »
September 18, 2010
“Turning the Page” in Iraq and Afghanistan
“Obama envisions no major changes in Afghan strategy. Despite discouraging news from Afghanistan and growing doubts in Congress and among the American public, the Obama administration has concluded that its war strategy is sound and that a December review, once seen as a pivotal moment, is unlikely to yield any major changes” (The Washington Post, […] read more »
August 30, 2010
The Hijacking of the Almighty
Have I missed something? Perhaps I have. Or is one of the troubling undersides of the Glenn Beck rally on the Lincoln Memorial last Saturday not yet receiving the full coverage that it deserves?[1] read more »
August 25, 2010
Immigration and the Problem of the Two-Legged Stool
(co-authored with Peter Siavelis) It is less than a year (November 2009) since Janet Napolitano – the Homeland Security Secretary and the administration’s point person on immigration – announced her and the President’s commitment to a three-pronged approach to the issue of immigration reform. read more »
