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Riding the Red Horse
Refusal to fight may be cowardice and treason that darkens the soul of a single man, but the opposite mistake—an impetuous and reckless decision to make unnecessary war—may cost the lives of millions.
Babbitt, Hobbit, Rabbit
It is difficult to overestimate the influence of the all but forgotten Sinclair Lewis novel in the period between the two world wars, a stampede of adulation which culminated in the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the author, the first American to receive it.
Metaphysical Conservatives, Conclusion
We have to deal with historical man, not the abstract man projected by libertarian economists, Marxist-Straussian theorists, or city-on-a-hill religious fanatics. Conservatives should always be on guard against the presumption that they have all the answers.
Metaphysical Conservatives, Part One of Two
These musings on metaphysics and property, here revised and corrected, were first published in a magazine, when there was a magazine where such foolishness could be printed.
Poem: North of Arezzo
A poem written long ago in a style and vein that might have pleased the subject, Peter Russell.
The American Freak Show
Every morning in Rome, I scanned the America news from my cellular telephone, and, as Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments rolled by, I felt as if I were watching a parade of freaks
In Book Rejecting the Constitution, UC Berkeley Law Dean Forgets the Nukes
UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky used to be one of my sources on legal matters when he was a prof at USC, then dean and founder of the UC Irvine Law School. I haven’t talked to him in many years.
Demented and Rejected, Biden Declares World War III
An obvious defect of the U.S. national election system is it can’t eject an obviously demented president seeking World War III with Russia.
Wednesday’s Child: Of Cain and Abel
Yesterday was the thousandth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I published an article on Newsmax entitled “1000 Days of Fratricide” and thought it might be a good idea to present its overarching contention here.
