American Exceptionalism: An Addendum

As a longtime conservative, I was recently asked to participate in a survey by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The survey was designed to take the pulse of the GOP's grassroots base of supporters on issues like the national debt, the economy and the future of the Republican...

Life is a series of contradictions. A big corporation can cut back on some things but expand into other things. Consistency is "the hobgoblin of small minds". Avoid ideologues left or right. I like to see Charles Murray in the Wall Street Journal supporting capitalism but denouncing the antics of...

"Can Teaching Really Matter?" Peter B Lawler, ”Academic Questions“ A Publication of The National Association of Scholars Winter 2011 Vol. 24 No. 4 pp. 480-488. “Legendary teachers are more than interdisciplinary. They have enough confidence in their own ideas to say what they believe, not what an...

A broader, more societal view of American “exceptionalism”. This paper also includes a depiction of the Islamic challenge by making a brief historical comparison of political-religious themes in Christianity and Judaism.

I cherish their memories. All served in the U.S. military and were proud of it. They leave models of great scholarship and extraordinary citizenship.

Comments on Ayn Rand and of her protagonists, with special attention to Howard Roark in “The Fountainhead".