by Kevin Bauder | Aug 30, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Civility, Tolerance
What should we make of the Southern Poverty Law Center, now that it has started labeling traditionalist and Christian groups as “hate groups?” Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars offers an opinion. The culture wars impinge ever closer on...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 5, 2017 | America, Civility, Death and Dying, Ethics, Firearms, Judiciary, Politics
David French writes an essay about the second amendment, but it’s really not about gun control. It’s about the right of police to invade your home and perhaps even kill you, all without a warrant, but with impunity. What does this mean, in practice? First,...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 4, 2017 | Civility, Conservatism, Culture
Roger Scruton is one of the most widely recognized thinkers of our day. His works on esthetics and on the history of philosophy have set something of a standard. He is one of those authors who deserves his own shelf in your library. Here Scruton explains for the New...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 2, 2017 | Civility, Culture, Manliness
The author, George W. Rutler, is Catholic–but his topic is universally human. And worth considering in an age of increasing brutality.
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 28, 2017 | Christianity, Civility, Culture, Observations, Social Issues, The Created Order
Read Ben Zornes’s comments here. So, the Ark Encounter exhibit has marvelously trolled this deep conviction of the GQBLT tolerance crowd. Do they really have respect for all cultures, including Christian culture? If so, why have they appropriated Christian...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
