Last week's debate between Robert Kuttner and Bill Kristol debate wasn't quite vintage Buckley or Hitchens, but it was nevertheless a cut above most of what passes for discussion these days.
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Postmodernism detaches human beings from tradition, communities, and place and reduces human existence to a series of meaningless sexual, material and psychological transactions that have no deeper meaning. [...] Don Imus does not deserve to be hung in effigy by the likes of Al Sharpton and Keith Olbermann, who are black belts when it comes to drive-by attacks. [...] If Republicans want star power, street smarts and likeability rolled into one, they could do a good deal worse than the former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. [...] Anyone who makes Keith Olbermann and his ilk uncomfortable can’t be all bad. [...] For lessons on morality, ethics and how to conduct one’s life, the Sermon on the Mount, not Atlas Shrugged, is the first place to turn. [...] Almost a decade after he tried to mobilize a thoughtful left, Richard Rorty is feeling hopeless: in his view structural economic problems are unmanageable, the religious right is likely to usher in an era of fascism, and the working class left doesn’t comprehend Rorty’s political agenda. [...] These films lift the human spirit rather than crushing us with the realities of our politically correct age. [...] George W. Bush might be accused of excessive idealism, incompetence, perhaps even criminal negligence. But he cannot be accused of doing nothing in the face of Saddam’s ongoing brutality, defiance of UN resolutions and horrific human rights record. [...] In one of the low moments in television history, Fox is bringing us an interview with O.J. Simpson, a man who was found not guilty despite overwhelming evidence suggesting that he killed his wife and one of her close friends. [...] There is only one Republican candidate with real star power who could instantly transform the political landscape and turn the nation red. [...] Bush has been one of a few conservatives in the country, along with a few folks at National Review and in Congress, to show a little class and grace in the midst of defeat. [...] Any effective CEO must have the capacity to distinguish quality performance from public relations, and must have the capacity to adapt. [...] To believe that John Kerry would knowingly insult our troops is to suggest that he has no concern for his own political viability. [...] It's bad enough having to listen to Keith Olbermann on Countdown. [...] Neither George W. Bush nor William Jefferson Clinton had the complete package of character, guts and political aptitude to effectively govern in perilous times and to secure his own standing in history. [...] In his book Crunchy Cons, Rod Dreher argues that traditional conservatives who once tried to temper capitalism for the sake of community are now on the margins. [...] William F. Buckley, Jr. is not defending Democratic attitudes or behavior. He isn't even suggesting that the war against the practictioners of terrorism is lost or should not be fought. He is simply observing that Bush and his team are limping along unimpressively and that their single most important foreign policy initiative has proven to be a [...] The failure to enforce the law in the past is not an argument against creating good legislation that helps provide needed labor, reduces border stress, and treats humanely millions of people who simply want to work for their families. [...] Jeffrey Hart's The Making of the American Conservative Mind is highly recommended to those interested in a mature perspective of conservatism as it has unfolded over the past half century. [...] David Horowitz is not the first conservative to speak truth to the liberal establishment, but he has distinguished himself both in style and method. A review of his recent book, The Professors. [...] After Bill Buckley, the family member who has had the biggest impact on the magazine he founded, National Review, and on conservative thought generally might be his older sister, Priscilla Buckley. [...] Fifty years after the Southern Manifesto, conservatives are still trying to convince African-Americans that economic empowerment and states rights are not code words for racial attitudes held long ago. Only an Iraqi security force, tough and focused, can weed out the terrorists who are wreaking havoc on the innocent people there. [...] As the left and right race to extremes, President Bush has shown some down to earth common sense about how to resolve some troubling issues. [...] |
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