Brookhiser on Bob Dole’s Salute & Custom
But we have customs that train us in how to behave, curbing our emotions and memories. Every conservative writes about them: Don’t tear down the great English o...
Quotes
Opening paragraph of the year candidate
What a brilliant start to this Kevin Williamson post in The Corner at NRO: Eric Levitz of New York magazine has written a long-ish post that is mostly about my ...
Quote: Tumbling down an existential staircase …
Being Busy can be likened to tumbling down an existential staircase: stimulus, reaction, stimulus, reaction. This frenetic cycle of reactivity holds our attent...
If you must choose …
“I suggest that if you must choose, it is better to be poor and free than to be snug and a slave. I suggest that if you must choose, it is better to live in per...
The Commodification of God
Commodification has led most people to view God as a device to be used rather than an all-powerful Creator to be revered. This also explains our abundant and ca...
“You can resolve to live your life with integrity”
“You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.” ― Aleksand...