Today we remember a great man who died to uphold universal, timeless values. I mean, of course, King Louis XVI"€”murdered at the hands of ultranationalist Jacobins (no, I don"€™t mean neocons) 215 years ago today. Instead of repeating myself, I"€™ll direct you to my best attempt to explore ...

My old friend Rod Dreher recently opined on Belief.net that it was inappropriate for Gov. Huckabee to claim he was defending the Confederate flag—in an attempt to outflank John McCain, who flip-flopped on the issue and landed (of course) on the side of the journalists who adore him and the ...

So there we were, at the storied Elaine’s restaurant, Taki, R. Emmet Tyrell, Lewis Lapham, and several other luminaries… but I couldn’t help feeling (sorry, Taki) that the most important man at the table was Peter Brimelow—the courageous journalist, formerly of Forbes and ...

Most of you probably know first-hand how outrageously biased Faux News has been towards the Ron Paul campaign. Beyond excluding him from one of the debates"€”but including Giuliani, who consistently runs behind Paul"€”it has gone further and actually EDITED the contents of a debate, to remove ...

In the NY Times, the always provocative Steven Pinker has an extended, very interesting analysis of the evolving science of evolutionary psychology. Or should I say “philosophy,” since in the essay he’s looking for biological roots that underlie the phenomenon of conscience. ...

How do you handle a romance between a Europhile Yankee (from New York CITY, no less) who pines for the Habsburgs and a patriotic sorority girl from Texas? Gingerly, with generous quantities of wit and Belgian beer (though she prefers Lone Star). The woman I love and I differ about a wide variety ...

Several of the most interesting commenters on this site (okay, I’ll name them: Sid Cundiff, John Ball, and the enigmatic, exquisite “Adriana,” whom I imagine as a younger Sonia Braga) are persistent critics of Nationalism, and take the opportunity whenever it presents itself to ...

I spent today traveling and meeting with colleagues. A few of us who support Ron Paul had dispirited discussions of the good doctor’s performance in New Hampshire; one fellow remarked, ruefully, that while Dr. Paul certainly does not share the hateful opinions which some sickening nutcases ...

Stanley Fish is a strange bird. After spending most of his career wrecking the humanities programs at eminent schools like Duke—with results that are visible, in the form of the unhinged ideologues on the faculty who lined up behind the “New Black Panthers” in their harassment ...