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• The Anti-Federalists Were Right About Trump (and Many Other Things as Well)

  

  [ Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]Gillian Brockell, a talented writer and researcher for The Washington Post's history blog Retropolis, interviewed four... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 SOCIETY

• On Partisanship and Punishing Politicians

  

  [Cross-posted to Wichita Story]It would be wrong to say I know James Clendenin. I've met him a few times at different city events. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Three Quick Addenda on Civic Friendship on Election Day

  

  Apropos my sermon from a few days ago on the difficulties of civic friendship, three quick thoughts, this Election Day morning. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Matthew Workman Never Wastes a Drive

  

  Matthew Workman is many things. He's a husband and a father, a story-teller and a writer, a journalist and a podcaster. He is almost certainly one of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Thoughts on the Difficulty of Friendship at the Present Time

  

  [Cross-posted to By Common Consent][A slightly expanded version of a presentation on civility I gave at Friends University on October 26. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2020 SOCIETY

• Three Thoughts (with Supporting Subpoints) About Trump, Biden, and the 2020...

  

  It's a week before the election. I cast my vote early, and very likely a large percentage of anyone who happens to read this already has also. So this isn't... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 SOCIETY

• Sukkot and Settling Into Fall

  

  [Cross-posted to By Common Consent]This year I planted a spring garden for the first time. Probably because of the pandemic, but because of other plans that I'v... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2020 SOCIETY

• On Cities and Tongdong Bai's Confucian Modernity

  

  [The following is a version of comments that I have been invited to give at a book symposium being hosted by the Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosoph... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2020 SOCIETY

• Glimmers of a Different Wichita

  

  [Cross-posted to Wichita Story]Two weeks ago, the Wichita City Council, by a 4-3 vote--a result which surprised more than a few Wichitans--implemented a mask... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 SOCIETY

• Star Trek, The Animated Series: The Final Binge

  

  Season 4, Sort OfYes, I had to be a completist when it came to binging Star Trek, The Original series, so I went through all twenty-two episodes of Star Trek:... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 SOCIETY

• Star Trek, The Orginal Series, Season 3: The Third Binge

  

  Season 3And, after Seasons 1 and 2, on to the third season we go! This one deserves its reputation, unfortunately--not that it was atrocious, but rather just... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 SOCIETY

• Our Own Vines and Our Own Fig Trees: a Post-Independence Day,...

  

  [Cross-posted to By Common Consent]Like plenty of other Americans (and, given likely demographics, probably in particular like plenty of readers of this blog),... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 SOCIETY

• Left (not Liberal) Conservatism (or Communitarianism, If You Prefer): A...

  

  [Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]Recently, Tablet Magazine published a lengthy essay by Eric Kaufmann, heralding the revival of "left-conservative"... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 SOCIETY

• The Coronavirus in Kansas: The First 100 Days

  

  [Cross-posted to Wichita Story]This past Saturday was more than just the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official start of summer... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 SOCIETY

• Wichita and the Road Ahead

  

  [Cross-posted to Wichita Story]In the midst of violent protests, police violence, and a pandemic, I'm thinking about a road.It's not much of a road; just a shor... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2020 SOCIETY

• The Invaluable Inefficiency of Neighborhoods

  

  [This is a shortened version of my recent Mittelpolitanism post, up on the Strong Towns website.]The death of suburbia has been predicted many times, and yet... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 SOCIETY

• The Coronavirus and County Authority

  

  [This is a slightly updated and extended column of mine which ran in The Wichita Eagle on May 14, 2020; I'm late in getting it copied to here. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 SOCIETY

• Star Trek, The Original Series, Season 2: The Second Binge

  

  Season 2Well, here's the next set. Once again, like Season 1, we watched them all the way through in original broadcast order. Season 2 of Star Trek isn't as... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 SOCIETY

• Tending to One's Garden

  

  Two lives, well-lived, in environments well and lovingly (dis)ordered. In the end, whether it be Monty Don walking through his gardens, or the late Umberto Eco... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2020 SOCIETY

• What Mayors Need

  

  [Cross-posted to Wichita Story] Last week, Mayor Whipple had a rough time during the city council meeting, with his request for a deputy somewhat... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 SOCIETY