by The Trinity Forum | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Even for our time, the invective is remarkable. In the current debate about the continuing resolution and the government shutdown, and because of their determination to begin to unwind the highly unpopular Affordable Care Act, Republicans are being referred to as...
by The Trinity Forum | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral—Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!—in America’s Gilded Capital By Mark Leibovich Blue Rider Press, 400 pages Many years ago, shortly after I moved to Washington D.C., I began to notice a pattern: People would talk about the nation’s...
by The Trinity Forum | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
In a fascinating essay in National Affairs, Jonathan Rauch writes in praise of compromise, saying that “in our constitutional system, compromise is not merely a necessary evil but a positive good.” Rauch argues that compromise is part of the Madisonian framework–“the...
by The Trinity Forum | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week I appeared on a panel discussion hosted by the Heritage Foundation on ”The Conservative Mind at 60.” During the event I highlighted three themes that appear in Russell Kirk’s A Conservative Mind (published in 1953) and made the case for why those...
by The Trinity Forum | Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
In his 12,000 word interview with Antonio Spadaro, editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal, Pope Francis revealed the heart of an extraordinary man. The former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio, did not change Catholic Church...
