What I Saw in America

This site remains available as an archive of my informal writings between 2007-2013. For those interested in current commentary, I now post ...

This retrospective review, written on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the publication of Allan Bloom's unexpected bestseller, Th...

The Hebrews and the Greeks, who are our cultural parents, and our own western civilization descended from these two, have always agreed that...

Seven years ago today, my teacher and friend, Wilson Carey McWilliams, passed away. I miss his gentle wisdom and bear hugs; his gravelly vo...

On Sunday I was the invited speaker at the magnificent National Cathedral in a series devoted to the exploration of political themes. The s...

I was invited by the good people at "Minding the Campus" to write a response to the recently released 2 011 American Freshman Surv...

Vast and even incalculable quantities of ink have already been spilled over the issue of the HHS mandate that religious organizations purcha...