The Real Iraq War Lesson. By Robert Robb.

The Real Iraq War Lesson. By Robert Robb. Real Clear Politics, March 20, 2013.

No Need to Repent for Support of Iraq War. By Max Boot. Commentary, March 18, 2013.

Dragons, Democrats, or Drones? By Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times, March 19, 2013.

Egyptian Cemetery In Amarna Yields Skeletons That Spotlight Plight Of Ancient Commoners.

Excavations at Amarna. The Amarna Project.

Egyptian Cemetery In Amarna Yields Skeletons That Spotlight Plight Of Ancient Commoners. By Tia Ghose. The Huffington Post, March 19, 2013. Also at LiveScience.

Life, death and beyond in Akhenaten’s Egypt: excavating the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna. By Barry Kemp, Anna Stevens, Gretchen R. Dabbs, Melissa Zabecki, and Jerome C. Rose. Antiquity, Vol. 87, No. 335 (March 2013).

In Photos: Ancient Egyptian Skeletons Unearthed. By Tia Ghose. LiveScience, March 18, 2013.

Grave of a commoner at Amarna. The Amarna Project.

Beware of the New Elites. By Scott Rasmussen.

Beware of the New Elites. By Scott Rasmussen. Real Clear Politics, March 18, 2013. Also find it here.

America’s New Mandarins. By Megan McArdle. The Daily Beast, February 21, 2013.

Obamanomics: Class Warfare vs. Pro-Growth Tax Policy. By Mattie Duppler.

New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Blasts Obama’s Class Warfare Tax Policy. Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, October 30, 2012.

Obamanomics Would Fail And Here’s Why. By Catherine Jimenez. Thoughtful Women, October 30, 2012.

Obamanomics: Class Warfare vs. Pro-Growth Tax Policy. By Mattie Duppler. Video. CFPEcon101, October 29, 2012. YouTube.

America’s Retirement Crisis.

America’s Retirement Crisis. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly. Fox News, March 19, 2013.

EBRI’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey:Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many. Employee Benefit Research Institute, March 2013. PDF.

EBRI: Retirement confidence remains at record low. By Tristan Lejeune. Employee Benefit News, March 19, 2013.

Workers Saving Too Little to Retire. By Kelly Greene and Vipal Monga. Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2013. Also find it here.

US Retirement in Crisis? Let the Boomer Exodus Begin. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, March 20, 2013.

King Abdullah of Jordan: Monarch in the Middle. By Jeffrey Goldberg.

Monarch in the Middle. By Jeffrey Goldberg. The Atlantic, March 18, 2013. From the April 2013 issue.

Jordan’s King Finds Fault With Everyone Concerned. By David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times, March 18, 2013.

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal. By Brink Lindsey.

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal. By Brink Lindsey. Video. Cato Institute, February 18, 2013. YouTube.

In the Inequality Debate, Both Sides Are Wrong. By Brink Lindsey. Forbes, August 13, 2012.

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? By John Tierney.

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? By John Tierney? New York Times, August 17, 2011. Also find it here.

Decision Fatigue Exhausts Self-Regulatory Resources. By Roy F. Baumeister et al.

Willpower: Self-control, decision fatigue, and energy. Talk by Roy F. Baumeister. Video. TheRSA.org, May 7, 2012. YouTube. Full audio of talk here.

Professors Grade MOOCs. By Walter Russell Mead.

Professors Grade MOOCs. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, March 19, 2013.

The Professors Who Make the MOOCs. By Steve Kolowich. The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 18, 2013. Also find it here.

MOOCs and Historical Research. By John McNeill. Perspectives on History, March 2013.

The End of the University as We Know It. By Nathan Harden. The American Interest, January/February 2013.

The Sun Sets on the Modern Merchant Class. By David Priestland.

The Sun Sets on the Modern Merchant Class. By David Priestland. The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 18, 2013.

Gay Marriage and Freedom. By Rush Limbaugh.

Gay Marriage and Freedom. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, March 18, 2013.

The GOP’s Real Problem is Simple. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, March 18, 2013.

Mrs. Clinton Comes Out for Gay Marriage; Rand Paul Wants Marriage Out of Tax Code. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, March 18, 2013.

Principal Cancels Unfair Honors Night. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, March 21, 2013.

Reversing the Decay of London Undone. By Jonathan Sacks. Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2011.

The Handwriting on the Wall. By George Weigel. National Affairs, Spring 2012.

Kathryn Jean Lopez interview with Os Guinness. National Review Online, November 5, 2012.

A Free People’s Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future. By Os Guinness. Downers Grover, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012. Google Books. Rush quotes from p. 29.

In short, contrary to the founders—and in ways they do not realize themselves—Americans today are heedlessly pursuing a vision of freedom that is short-lived and suicidal. Once again, freedom without virtue, leadership without character, business without trust, law without customs, education without meaning and medicine, science and technology without human considerations can end only in disaster.


The Seismic Shift of the 1960’s: An Interview with Os Guinness. By Trevin Wax. The Gospel Coalition, March 7, 2013.

Interview with Os Guinness, January 9, 2013. Video. Patrick Henry College. YouTube.




Os Guinness discussion of A Free People’s Suicide. Video. Socrates in the City, September 13, 2012. Vimeo.


Dr. Os Guinness: "A Free People's Suicide" from Socrates in the City on Vimeo.


Os Guinness Lecture on Survival of the Fastest at Trinity International University. tiuchannel, March 1, 2012. YouTube.

Beyond the Bedroom. By Frank Bruni.

Beyond the Bedroom. By Frank Bruni. New York Times, March 16, 2013.

How to Shrink the Dangerous Republican Empathy Gap. By Jill Lawrence.

How to Shrink the Dangerous Republican Empathy Gap. By Jill Lawrence, National Journal, March 18, 2013.

RNC Report 2013: Growth and Opportunity Project. By Ari Fleischer, Sally Bradshaw, Henry Barbour, Glenn McCall, and Zori Fonalledas. Republican National Committee, March 18, 2013. Also find it here.

The 10 things you need to know from the “Growth and Opportunity Project” report. By Chris Cillizza. Washington Post, March 18, 2013.

Blunt Report Says G.O.P. Needs to Regroup for ’16. By Sarah Wheaton and Michael D. Shear. New York Times, March 18, 2013.

Between RNC and CPAC, there is a war forthe Republican soul. By David Horsey. Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2013.

RNC: Voters see GOP as “scary” and “out of touch.” By Maggie Haberman. Politico, March 18, 2013.

Republicans still don’t have a clue how to woo women. By Ana Marie Cox. The Guardian, March 16, 2013.

The GOP lives in an alternate reality. By Paul Harris. The Guardian, March 19, 2013.

Ari Fleischer: RNC report “blunt.” By Kevin Cirilli. Politico, March 18, 2013.

A conservative’s review of the GOP “autopsy.” By Erick Erickson. FoxNews.com, March 19, 2013.

Fleischer: RNC “autopsy” report allows Republicans to “blow a whistle on ourselves.” Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien. CNN, March 18, 2013.




The Road to Republican Revival. By Jeb Bush. Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2013.

The Obstacles to a Republican Revival. By Matthew Continetti. The Weekly Standard, March 18, 2013.

The Republican Path Ahead. By Peter Wehner. Commentary, March 1, 2013.

The Next Arab Challenge. By Michael Hirsh.

The Next Arab Challenge. By Michael Hirsh. National Journal, March 14, 2013.

Chinese Don’t Want Western Democracy. By Martin Jacques.

We see Chinese governance in Western terms. By Martin Jacques. The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2013.

Jacques:

There’s a widespread view in the West that China’s great weakness is its system of governance. Above all, the absence of a Western-style democracy is seen as depriving government of legitimacy. It’s certainly true that China lacks a Western-style democracy, but does that mean its government is shorn of legitimacy? According to Pew polls and other similar evidence, the Chinese government enjoys satisfaction ratings that are rather superior to those of their Western counterparts.

One reason, of course, is China’s extraordinary economic performance. For more than three decades, the economy has grown about 10 per cent a year, matched by a not dissimilar rise in living standards. There’s a deeper reason, though. The Chinese view government in a very different way from the West. In the latter, government is seen in a utilitarian context, of what it can deliver for the voter. In the Chinese tradition, government is regarded as an extension of the family; indeed, government was modelled on the family. Far from being perceived as a somewhat remote agency, the state is regarded as the head of the Chinese family.

There’s another fascinating difference. Western countries are nation-states. China, in contrast, is primarily a civilization-state; it has only described itself as a nation-state for little more than a century. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese see themselves in civilizational terms – and they regard the state as the embodiment and defender of Chinese civilization.

Finally, in the Western tradition, the most important political value is democracy. For the Chinese, it’s meritocracy. While we give overwhelming emphasis to the way in which government is selected, the Chinese prioritize meritocracy, and the competence of government, its leaders and the bureaucracy.

So, the problem with the Western debate about the nature of Chinese governance is the refusal to understand and engage with Chinese culture, the insistence on making sense of China in solely Western terms. You can’t. China is profoundly different and will remain so.

Does this mean China won’t become more democratic? Not at all, if, by democracy, we mean greater representivity, accountability and transparency. But it’s very unlikely that China will become a Western-style democracy. The American sinologist Lucian Pye observed that political cultures are fundamental in shaping political systems. And political cultures are very diverse, as we can see so vividly in the Chinese case.

Exactly what forms the process of democratization in China will take is impossible to predict. Certainly, there will be an increasingly open and vibrant media; the boundaries of discussion will widen; new movements will arise; debates in the Communist Party will become more accessible to society; voting will spread from the villages to the cities. But given Chinese history, it seems likely that state sovereignty will continue to take precedence over popular sovereignty.

Chinese governance will learn from the West while remaining profoundly different. But it won’t be a case of one-way traffic. Given China’s growing influence in the world, the West will be obliged to take a close interest in the Chinese traditions of meritocracy and competence. While the Chinese state is a remarkably competent institution, Western states leave much to be desired. Democratic they may be, but their governance remains singularly amateurish.

What Went Wrong With Bernard Lewis? By Andrew G. Bostom.

What Went Wrong With Bernard Lewis? By Andrew G. Bostom. American Thinker, March 17, 2013.

America’s “Daddy Party” Needs To Grow Up. By Walter Russell Mead.

America’s “Daddy Party” Needs To Grow Up. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, March 17, 2013.

Is Capitalism Moral? By Steven Pearlstein.

Is capitalism moral? By Steven Pearlstein. Washington Post, March 15, 2013.

The free market vs. the welfare state.

Will the Real Republican Party Please Stand Up? By Chris Cillizza.

Will the real Republican Party please stand up? By Chris Cillizza. Washington Post, March 17, 2013.

The Geopolitics of “Girls.” By Daniel W. Drezner.

The Geopolitics of “Girls.” By Daniel W. Drezner. Foreign Policy, March 13, 2013.

How Lena Dunham explains the world.

Marching Through the Arab Monarchies. By Emma Sky.

Marching Through the Monarchies. By Emma Sky. Foreign Policy, February 1, 2013.

How Congress Occupied Wall Street. By Sarah Palin.

How Congress Occupied Wall Street. By Sarah Palin. Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2011.

Palin Bolsters Insurgents at Conservative Retreat. By Sarah Wheaton. New York Times, March 16, 2013.

Sarah Palin CPAC Speech: Former Vice Presidential Candidate Addresses Conservative Conference. By Jason Linkins. The Huffington Post, March 16, 2013.

Palin at CPAC: GOP Needs to “Furlough the Consultants.” By Tony Lee. Breitbart, March 16, 2013.

Sarah Palin is a true feminist role model. By Chrystia Freeland. Financial Times, September 3, 2008.

O Sister! Sarah Palin and the parlous politics of poor white trash. By Eliza Jane Darling. Dialectical Anthropology, Vol. 33 No. 1 (March 2009). With comments.

CPAC 2013: Former Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK). Video. The ACU, March 16, 2013. YouTube. Also find it here and here.

“Go and Repair My House,” Heard the Saint of Assisi. By Peggy Noonan.

“Go and Repair My House,” Heard the Saint of Assisi. By Peggy Noonan. Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2013.

Choosing a Pope, Day 1. By Peggy Noonan. Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2013.

The First American Pope. By George Weigel. National Review Online, March 14, 2013.

Hugh Sykes: Secretive unelected cabal selects new leader for unaccountable mysogynist worldwide cult with history of corruption & child-abuse. Twitter, March 13, 2013.

GOP Operative Ana Navarro A Warrior For the Cause. By Adam C. Smith.

GOP operative Ana Navarro  a warrior for the cause. By Adam C. Smith. Tampa Bay Times, February 1, 2013.




Ana Navarro



Why Twenty-Somethings Aren’t Doomed to Be Poor (but Thirty-Somethings Might Be). By Jordan Weissmann.

Why Twenty-Somethings Aren’t Doomed to Be Poor (but Thirty-Somethings Might Be). By Jordan Weissmann. The Atlantic, March 15, 2013.

Younger Generations Lag Behind Parents in Wealth-Building. By Annie Lowery. New York Times, March 14, 2013.