Red-Brick Buildings
I went to these (barely) post-Civil War schools for grades K-5:And I was a parishoner of these churches in the 1940s and early 1950s:The first two of the schools were razed more than 50 years ago; the...
View ArticleBare Ruined Choirs
Yesterday's post about "Red-Brick Buildings" reminds me of "Memories of a Catholic Boyhood," Chapter One of Garry Wills's Bare Ruined Choirs.* There, Wills could be writing about my boyhood. I hasten...
View ArticleToday's Recommended Web Reading
At LegalAffairs Debate Club, John Robertson and Barbara Katz Rodman debate "Choosing Your Child's Sex?" The question for debate: Should it be unlawful for parents to select an infant's sex through...
View ArticleIt's Time for Plain Talk about Illegal Immigration
UPDATED @ 2:50 PMSteve Antler (EconoPundit) has a neat graphic in this post, which illustrates a key point. The point? The minimum wage -- to the extent that it is actually paid by employers of illegal...
View ArticleA True Libertarian Speaks
In an article at LewRockwell.com, David Gordon replies to Edward Feser's recent series of posts at Right Reason about paleoconservatism and the war in Iraq. Feser, posting again at Right Reason...
View ArticleBrian Leiter, Academic Thug
That's the appropriate title of this blog, which has moved to a new location. Proprietor Keith Burgess-Jackson explains:As if to prove that he is a thug (should anyone have doubted it), Brian Leiter...
View ArticleMy Old Sears Home
From the archives of Sears: From 1908–1940, Sears, Roebuck and Company sold more than 100,000 homes through their mail-order Modern Homes program. Over that time Sears designed 447 different housing...
View ArticleA Footnote about "Eavesdropping"
My rather long post about "Privacy: Variations on the Theme of Liberty" includes a reading list that I update from time to time. Here's the current version:President had legal authority to OK taps...
View ArticleAs I Was Saying about Immigration
UPDATED @ 9:02 PMImmigration, legal or not, is more than an economic issue. Most economists -- even economists I respect -- just don't get it. It is stupid to let people enter the U.S. if the result of...
View ArticleThomas Woods and War
RECOMMENDED READING FOR VISITORS FROM LEWROCKWELL.COM AND KAREN DE COSTER'S BLOG:Practical Libertarianism for AmericansThe Meaning of LibertyTHE POST YOU CAME HERE TO READ:Thomas Woods, who earned a...
View ArticleThere Goes My Excuse
From SFGate.com:UCSF points out flaw in studies tying alcohol to heart healthResearchers at UCSF pored through more than 30 years of studies that seem to show health benefits from moderate alcohol...
View ArticleThomas Woods Creates Traffic
Thomas Woods graciously links to my critique of his anti-war posture. And the visitors are rolling in. Thank you, Prof. Woods.
View ArticleMore about Just War
Edward Feser replies to a reply from David Gordon on the subject of just war. For background, read my earlier post about the Feser-Gordon exchange, and follow the links therein. Feser's latest is here.
View ArticleSocietal Suicide
Eternity Road has an excellent post about societal suicide in the West. Relatedly, this op-ed at OpinionJournal suggests that the Supreme Court is about to help the U.S. slide a bit further down the...
View ArticleWatching the Fringe
From Fringe Watch: A Look at the Legion of St. Louis and its Extremist Connections, a twenty-part study of the Legion of St. Louis and the neo-fascist International Third Position:Extremism of any kind...
View ArticleRemember the "Little Ice Age"?
George Will does. As do I.One Sunday morning in January or February of 1977, when I lived in western New York State, I drove to the news stand to pick up my Sunday Times. I had to drive my business van...
View ArticleMore than Enough of Amateur Critics
I wrote "Enough of Amateur Critics" in response to all the finger-pointing and blame-shifting that ensued the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The principles therein apply to matters other than...
View ArticleMore About Immigration
I wrote about immigration here and here. Noted economist Greg Mankiw (who now has a blog) seconds one of my key points. Here's Mankiw:The hard issues tend to revolve around the immigration of unskilled...
View ArticleMy Diagnosis and Prognosis
UPDATED 04/04/06This message is prompted by the attempt to hijack the "melting pot" concept for the advancement of the welfare-regulatory state. The "melting pot" -- properly understood -- refers to...
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