Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy » Steve Pudlo http://www.intellectualconservative.com Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “The Dead Horse in the Living Room:” School Shootings http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/23/the-dead-horse-in-the-living-room-school-shootings/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/23/the-dead-horse-in-the-living-room-school-shootings/#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 00:35:05 +0000 Steve Pudlo http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/23/the-dead-horse-in-the-living-room-school-shootings/ We are loathe to discuss the dead horse on the living room floor because we don’t want to contemplate the fact that we would have to do something tangible about it. So we simply tiptoe over it and try to ignore its presence. Similarly, that is how we treat school security and prohibiting guns [...]]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/05/23/the-dead-horse-in-the-living-room-school-shootings/feed/ 0 ‘Tis the Season http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/12/10/tis-the-season/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/12/10/tis-the-season/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2004 03:40:57 +0000 Steve Pudlo http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/tis-the-season/ When did we become a society in which wishing someone a "merry Christmas" is an act of valor?

Ah the Christmas season! That wonderful time of year when the elites dispatch thousands of lawyers to stamp out all traces of what the holiday means to us faithful whilst (and at the same time) flailing [...]]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/12/10/tis-the-season/feed/ 0 The Racism of Justice O’Connor’s ‘Critical Mass’ Concept http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2003/06/26/the-racism-of-justice-oconnors-critical-mass-concept/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2003/06/26/the-racism-of-justice-oconnors-critical-mass-concept/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:01:19 +0000 Steve Pudlo http://www.intellectualconservative.com/test.php/?p=178 According to Justice O’Connor, a certain magic number or percentage of minority students are required in order to provide a “critical mass” of minority perspectives, presumably for the benefit of white students.

I’ve read with interest the debate around the Supreme Court decisions regarding the University of Michigan and their desire to use skin [...]]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2003/06/26/the-racism-of-justice-oconnors-critical-mass-concept/feed/ 0