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Tag Archives: conservatism
How Are Posh Men Educated?
…The vanities of posh men… centre on an ancient system that trains a narrow caste of people to run our affairs…. Ever questing to penetrate British lingo, I wobble over “public” versus “private” education in the kingdom’s parlance. In my … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, conservatism, culture, jargon, journalism, language, lexicon, linguistics, miscellaneous, personal, semantics, society
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Protecting the Male
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Tagged conservatism, coronavirus, culture, miscellaneous, pandemic, society
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Irish and Not Proud
William James arrived penniless in Albany, NY from County Cavan, Ireland in the late 18th century. Over the next 30 years he created a fortune second only to that of the Astor family. His grandsons, novelist Henry and philosopher William, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, conservatism, Henry James, language, literature, philosophy, religion, rhetoric, society, style, William James, writing
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Bret Stephens Loses His Own Argument
The NYTimes published, then repudiated, an Op-Ed piece by a Republican senator urging deployment of active-duty troops to quell looting and rioting that intruded upon mostly peaceful protests. Bret Stephens disagrees with the politician’s incitement, but says it was proper … Continue reading
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Tagged America, conservatism, journalism, language, miscellaneous, rhetoric, society, style, writing
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Neck-Broken
A photo of Henry Adams helped draw me into a review by George F. Will of an anthology of conservative thinkers (“American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition,” Edited by Andrew J. Bacevich). In “The Education of Henry Adams (1907),” Adams … Continue reading
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Tagged conservatism, Henry Adams, language, rhetoric, society, style, writing
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Sauerkraut Ice Cream
George Will reviews “American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition,” Edited by Andrew J. Bacevich. Being susceptible to typography-based graphics I was drawn in by the illustration. Will’s opening statement added enticement. When assembling an anthology of writings representative of a … Continue reading
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Tagged conservatism, George F. Will, Joan Didion, language, rhetoric, style
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Adoration of the Cat
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A hoary plot line of melodrama reduces the hero and heroine to dire straits; they’ve tried everything in their power to escape doom; the soundtrack crescendos in a minor key. “Pray,” he says. “It’s in God’s hands. Only a miracle … Continue reading →