Explaining American Conservativism
“Fewer than a third of all Americans believe the state has a responsibility to reduce income disparities, compared with 82% of Italians.” – David Brooks, NYT Frequently enough I see coffeehouse American philosophers scratching their chins and...Sorrow Drips Into Your Heart Through A Pinhole
Picking up the paper this past week and avoiding an article about our southern border would have been like picking up a gallon of prune juice and avoiding the toilet: difficult. As chance would have it, during the media blitz brought on by a couple high-profile...Chino Cochino?
Let’s take a break from my incessant whining about my very flat wallet shall we? Last Monday, I think it was, Laura and I took off in the Chi Chi for a three hour desert trip to Northern Coahuila. Through the maquila filled pueblo/rancho of San Pedro, the vast...
Huntington Responds
Just after posting that last bit I found a very interesting exchange of letters and a response by Huntington here on the FP website. (they annoyingly ask you to register) Here is what my old advisor, Wayne Cornelius wrote: Wayne Cornelius Gildred Professor of...My email to Ilan Stavans
Earlier this morning I sent the following email a Ilan Stavans – un profe at Amherst y escritor de Spanglish: the making of a new american language. I’ll write a review sobre el libro pronto but what I want to know now is how many of you would help...Latest Photos
