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How Egypt is Revealing What is Wrong in American Discourse

Events in Egypt have revealed something incredible about American political discourse. Most …

“I have a dream that one day …”

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — “… we will live in a complicated world, …

Wikileaks: Self-Defeating Transparency?

In late 2006, an unknown Julian Assange posted two seemingly innocuous essays …

Return of the Antiwar Right

For eight long years under George W. Bush, conservatives endorsed a don’t …

How I Spent My Weekend

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — Last weekend, I ventured to my alma mater …

Reflections from the Front Porch

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — Over at Nathancontrmundi, I’ve posted my first substantive …

Capitalism, Socialism, and Property

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — I must confess something: I am a fraud. …

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Pat Buchanan and 9/11

I read this on the air this morning and thought it worth …

Re: The Unnecessary War

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — First, apologies for the infrequency of my contributions. …

New(ish) Weblog

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Architecture and the Shortcomings of the Left-Right divide

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Solving Non-Interventionism’s Tough-Guy Problem

In the years since I abandoned my status as a typical neoconservative …

Cameron and American Conservatism

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Re: Caritas in Veritate

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — I’ve read part of it, and am printing …

Caritas in Veritate Released

I haven’t read it yet, but here it is at the Vatican’s …

More on Sarah Palin’s Linguistic Ineptitude

MINT-AND-CORN COUNTRY, INDIANA — Below, H.C. Johns excerpts a deliciously bad example …