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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the recent discussion over conservatism and slavery (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and so on) has put me to questioning what a conservatism would look like whose view of tradition was a bit less Burkean (or “Burkean”, depending – on which see below) than the straightforwardly deferential attitude that modern conservatives [...]
Filed under: conservatism
When I wrote this post, I forgot that I had linked earlier to a post from JL’s old blog that gives an especially compelling statement of the kind of point I was trying to make: Marriage, as a political/societal tradition has at its core the truth that it is essential for society that family units [...]
Filed under: conservatism, family, marriage
Conor argues that they (we?) do, but I’m sorry to say that I think he’s wrong. My own view – which, I’ll gladly admit, owes quite a bit to the analysis of Ross and Reihan – is that while the average American might favor lower taxes and (perhaps) fewer infringements on his or her own [...]
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My friend – and erstwhile guest-blogger – Nathan Origer is a part of TAC’s new group blog, Post Right, “the most experimental (at least in theory) of TAC’s panoply of new blogs”: Some of the writers who will be featured here have appeared in the magazine, others are joining us for the first time in [...]
Filed under: conservatism, media/culture
With JL, let me heartily recommend my friend Helen Rittelmeyer’s initial sketch of a bioethics that “sees love, not autonomy, as the basis of human dignity”. It’s a challenging read, but well worth the work. Perhaps due to what I’ve been blogging about of late, this paragraph was probably my favorite: There is a strong [...]
Filed under: abortion, conservatism, morality
“Hey, you’re a moderate”, remarks the friend who sends along this piece of Damon Linker’s, adding that it’s “one of the few Linker writings of more than twenty-five words that I’ve not disagreed with very much”. There’s certainly a lot in it to nod along with, and despite my professed disdain for self-styled moderation and [...]
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By H.C. Johns (Cross-posted at The Other Right) As disturbing as cadaver-sex exhibitions may be, sometimes it strikes me that the most insidious ways we reject self-limitation are those that seem most innocuous. Unlike intentionally offensive activities, taking normal behavior and pressing it to the absolute boundaries of physical impossibility doesn’t shock. Indeed, it awes. And the [...]
Filed under: conservatism, sports
Of course, it goes without saying that any liberal who tries to reverse-engineer this formula will soon find himself ostracized from polite society. Fame and fortune await the Weekly Standard staffer who denounces fellow conservatives as mean-spirited bigots; poverty and obscurity is the fate of the Nation columnist who loses faith in feminism or gay [...]
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Somehow I thought I’d already posted on this subject and so was just going to do a follow-up, but I guess not. In any case: Chris Orr’s take on the Jerry-Taylor-on-Rush-Limbaugh fooferaw over at NRO is a helpful – and hilarious – addition to Michael Moynihan’s H&R post of a few days ago and Conor’s [...]
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Manzi steps forward.
Filed under: conservatism, morality, torture