Amazing Grace
[See “Slaves to Moral Self-Congratulation,” The American Spectator of March, 2007, under “Articles”]
Slaves to Moral Self-Congratulation
On being right as the aim of war, politics and culture — From The American Spectator of March, 2007
Death of a Hero
Robert Falcon Scott reappraised. Again. — From The Weekly Standard of March 26, 2007
I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Rock’s adaptation of — of all people — Eric Rohmer is often funny but morally and dramatically incoherent.
Entry from March 13, 2007
Many of the obituaries that appeared on the recent death of Arthur M. Schlesinger inadvertently (one can only suppose) made mention of the Professor’s understanding of political honor as a significant fact about his life. During the disastrous CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs in April of 1961, Schlesinger…
Into Great Silence
A film about monks whose own stillness and spaciousness reflects the immensities they spend their lives contemplating
We Vote for Brand X
It turns out that bringing the strategies and practices of marketing and advertising to politics is a recipe for paralysis — From The New Criterion of February, 2007
Eastwoodian Aftermaths
Hollywood’s sympathy for the plight of the scarred and wounded veteran isn’t what it used to be — from The American Spectator of February, 2007
Letters from Iwo Jima
[See “Eastwoodian Aftermaths,” The American Spectator, February, 2007 under “Articles”]
