Sands of Iwo Jima
What Every President Needs to Know I was talking to the plumber, "Oleg" by name, and when I hung up I looked at the caller ID on…
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Or, Is it Worthwhile to Psychoanalyze Politicians? There was a time, not too long ago, when amateur psychoanalysis was in the toolbox of students, intellectuals, and even…
Laugh Out Loud: Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop
Scoop. Evelyn Waugh. London and New York: Chapman & Hall, Penguin Books, 1938. Movie comedies do not age well. Things that seemed funny 60 or 70…
Gosplan Healthcare?
This week the machinery of the US Congress will grind furiously and may extrude a healthcare sausage that is nothing less than a Soviet style economic and…
Taking a Chance on Love
In the Church calender, this past Monday was celebrated as the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. In his homily at that Mass, the celebrant mentioned…
It’s Not the Money, Dummy!
No. It's a second reality. Something terrible has happened and the US Government and the establishment media are pretending it hasn't happened. A lot of rice bowls…
A Visit to the Apple Store
I went into the Apple Store last Friday. My PC hard drive had gone silent, although it was still new and the warranty was fresh. My wife…
Eric Voegelin Society Meeting in Toronto
Political Correctness, Parliament, and Princeton The Eric Voegelin Society annual meeting in Toronto featured no fewer than thirteen panels, some of which this observer found noteworthy. First…
A Poet Remembered: Ernest Sandeen
Ernest Sandeen (1908-1997) Ernest Emmanuel Sandeen wrote a half dozen or so volumes of poetry in his long life. He earned his first fame with this very…
The Kafka-esque Kommando of Kanada
With respect to Mark Steyn and McLean's magazine and Canadian hate law I have done some digging and what follows might be of interest to those not…
Notre Dame, Farewell
I asked my son, a lawyer and theologian, to comment on Obama's appearance at Notre Dame. He replied promptly and his comments are below. We who graduated…
What Enlightenment, Exactly?
How Lucky we are to be Free of Obscurantism! The term "Enlightenment" is an ideological term with no utility in studying the structures of reality. But it…