The first part of Politics Book III treats the question of what a state exactly is, and what it means to be a citizen. Here arises questi...

One of the most thoughtful and proper reforms instituted after the 2010 Tea Party victories in the House was a requirement that bills contai...

It's helpful to have that line from Pulp Fiction in your mind while you watch this video.

Federal and state governments set a floor on the price of milk that costs American consumers about $5 billion a year, while protecting dairy...

Or is it the other way round?  I never can remember.  There seems to be similar confusion developing about how to halt the metastasis of gov...

Ross Douthat: What unites all of these stories is the growing failure of America’s local associations — civic, familial, religious — to fo...

According to Dr. Mead, we don't much care about Just War . Readers of Special Providence know that I’ve written about four schools of A...

I have many sins, but not this one . To really live, to really love, to really be ready to kill and to die for the things to which you are...

Headline: "Our brain can do unconscious mathematics ."

Doc Russia used to quote "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" from time to time. A great bet is underway, a poker game with stake...

A couple of articles today: one on the potential for cheap shale oil to reshape the world in ways beneficial to America, and the other aga...

Lest we forget our mission to read through the Politics , let's finish the rest of book two today (or this weekend, as you have time). ...

Thank you for the apologies; although it was clear at the time that most of you were simply playing off the original jape. I think,...

After today, we're in the pre-Thanksgiving planning phase. It happens this year I'm doing the cooking for everybody. That's go...

"I learned that Jesus walked the earth to create a more civilized society, Martin (Luther King) walked the earth to create a more justi...

The National Review attempts to make sense of the exit polls, surely a Quixotic task.  If you ask voters what is the most important issue t...

Back during the summer, we discussed ( see comments here ) some finer points about cases in which there really is a moral argument for abort...

President Obama: 'If you've got a problem with Susan Rice, you've got a problem with me .'

This petitions thing is kind of a nifty tool. Here's a good one: A petition to allow any American to voluntarily opt out of Obamacare ...

Some guard dogs you are. What a sorry lot! Mine scared a tow truck driver to death the other day. A guy with mechanical problems had di...