Tag: "Ross Douthat"
Color Me Unimpressed, New York Times
This quote from one of Stacy’s posts seems a perfect introduction to another announcement: By slow and imperceptible degrees, like a vine climbing a wall, a stultifying artificiality has crept into American intellectual life, which is governed by a set of unspoken rules that prohibit engagement on terms that are honest, honorable and manly. Our [...]
David Brooks: Garbage In Garbage Out
I know that more than a couple bloggers have chimed in on David Brooks’ recent column in the New York Times wherein he divides conservatives up as either “traditionalists” or “reformers” then tries to figure out what it all means. Brooks being Brooks, he more or less muddles through things until he reaches the general [...]
I Think You’re Going to Need More than One Conservative There, Slate.
Wait…what? OK, you lose some battles, but you fight on. It’s time to develop a conservative game plan for the next several years. I think, at the outset, that a wide variety of voices are essential. Slate is hosting a two-day discussion of the conservative future among a polyglot group of right-of-center types: Tucker Carlson, [...]
That’s What You Said