The article in the Wall Street Journal shows us that some respectable ‘conservatives’ are becoming more open to ‘metropolitan government.’ I would actually not have a problem with this as long as the ‘metro’ government were a kind of super-county, […]
Howard Ahmanson
Exotic Maine
Recently my wife and I had the pleasure of going as far as you can from California and still be in the lower 48 states. Maine is at the northeast corner of the country. It is our easternmost state and […]
I Take on Christopher Hitchens
A few months ago Vanity Fair magazine published an essay by famed atheist Christopher Hitchens criticizing the Ten Commandments and proposing a new set for today. There are plenty of errors and misunderstandings in his critique, but I will address […]
Maoist War Against India’s Criminalized Capitalism
Capitalism based on relationships with persons in the state who can dispense or withhold permissions or favors is crony capitalism. Capitalism with too weak a government or moral standards is gangster capitalism. Here’s an example of gangster capitalism justified by […]
New World Order
A sample of the new pessimism that transcends typical categories of right and left. Is Chinese fascism our future? In Response To: “New World Order” by Patrick J. Deneen at Front Porch Republic
A Return to City Life After 20 Suburban Years
Ah, so the real reason people with kids live in different places than people without kids – it’s hard to find a three bedroom place in the hip parts of town. In Response To: “A Return to City Life After […]
Why I Could Never Be a Good Catholic
I think most anti-Catholicism is either based on rather outdated stereotypes or is the “anti-Semitism of the respectable” as has often been said. Nevertheless, there are several reasons why I would find it difficult to be a good Catholic [it […]
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Sometimes there are advantages to my advanced age. The World magazine article here from a few years ago was part of a major rumpus concerning something called Moralistic Therapeutic Deism that most of our adolescents, including many in evangelical churches, […]
Poll Shows ‘Sea Change’ in Californians’ Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration
I personally favor some restrictions, but from a political view you can not win office by running against immigrants any more than Sitting Bull could have won the presidency campaigning against the white man. Yes, the average Californian is 30 […]
Who Are All These People on the Ballot?
Ballots nowadays are crowded with all kinds of names that one has never heard of, for offices one has never heard of. Originally the reason for all this was that these small local offices were closer to “the people” than […]