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Dec 26, 2006 at 11:00 PM |
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[Originally published: Intercollegiate Review, Fall 2006] It is an occasional convention in conservative literature to talk about the “real split” in the world that animates contemporary political and cultural disagreements, a split deeper than the more pedestrian divide of Republicans versus Democrats. Russell Kirk liked to quote Eric Voegelin’s remark that the “great line of demarcation in modern politics...is not a division between liberals on one side and totalitarians on the other.” Rather, it is between materialists who recognize only a temporal order and those who admit to a higher, transcendent order. To Voegelin, liberals and totalitarians of various stripes were essentially alike in their progressive materialism, the price of which was “the death of the spirit.” |
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Speaking in Charlottesville |
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Mar 13, 2007 at 11:00 PM |
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I will be speaking at ISI's conference on "Liberty, Community, and Place in the American Tradition" in Charlottesville, VA, on March 24, 2007. From the conference description: How have Americans' fundamental beliefs about liberty, community, and place shaped their way of life? This ISI conference will explore this question through a discussion of key American events, persons, and cultural moments. Join us on March 24 for stimulating discussions of the lessons to be learned—or unlearned—from Benjamin Franklin, the course of prairie populism, the later Thomas Jefferson, and the music of Bob Dylan, among other items on the agenda. |
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Sep 04, 2006 at 11:00 PM |
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Details concerning monetary damages remain unknown to the public even though a recent claim of rape at the Atchison County Jail has been settled out of court. Attorneys involved in the $2 million claim against the county, which stems from unlawful sexual relations between a deputy and inmate, confirmed Wednesday that the case has been settled but would not comment. Read more |
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