Ignatian interview
There’s a longish interview with me at Ignatius Insight, the website of Ignatius Press.
James Kalb
A Global EU? International Affairs and Contemporary Liberalism
Here is the text of a talk I gave at the H. L. Mencken Club conference.
A Global EU?
International Affairs and Contemporary Liberalism
October 31, 2009
The other speakers have discussed foreign policy by reference to specifically American tendencies. I will discuss something that I think is more general, advanced liberalism—the dominant … More ...
Yet another review
Yet another review, this one by Carl Olson in Catholic World Report. It’s longer than average (two three-column pages) and quite favorable:
… More ...The Tyranny of Liberalism … is the work of an imaginative conservative who offers frank criticism and expresses the truth about authentic values and the permanent things with notable clarity, unusual insight,
The view from the Vox
A weblog “dedicated to the late Murray Rothbard” gives a detailed and very positive review of my book, calling it “provocative and profound,” and “a book I recommend to all” that “defends a traditional conservatism one can respect.”
The blogger, of course, is a libertarian. The biggest difference he can see between my views and … More ...
PC and the destruction of culture
Here’s a chapter from 2008 for a projected collection of essays. The book never got published, but here’s what I wrote:
PC and the Destruction of Culture
by James Kalb
Political correctness is an odd tendency. It does not fit in with how people normally think about things, so no one knows what to make … More ...
The view from Rockford
There’s another review of my book, this one in the August Chronicles. It’s short (2/3 page) but lavish in its praise (“Savor that felicitous prose … Rejoice that another voice has been added … “). The author is the Rev. Lloyd E. Gross, a retired Lutheran pastor (Missouri Synod).
Is Gifted and Talented Education Anti-American?
An old friend asked me to contribute something to an issue of the Mensa Research Journal he was guest-editing on the topic of “Barriers to Educating the Gifted” (vol. 40, No. 2; summer 2009). Here’s the result, plus or minus a few footnotes and editorial fiddles:
… More ...“Our children are our future.”
“A mind is a
Yet another review
It’s another brief one, this time in New Oxford Review.
Incidentally, the paperback version is sold out and the hardbound version is running low. I’m told a new printing of the paperbound is being scheduled but the hardbound will not be reprinted. So get yours fast!
Another voice
Susan McWilliams, a political scientist and Front Porch Republic contributor, has a slightly belated contribution to the symposium on my book up at First Principles. She praises the book highly from a generally liberal perspective as an attempt to get beyond the dichotomies of today’s politics by looking at basic questions.
Another review
My book got a brief notice in (as it happens) the “Briefly Noted” section of First Things (scroll down the page). It’s basically a zippy little precis by a very recent Princeton graduate they have now, Stefan McDaniel. To cut a precis down to a blurb, Mr. McD tells his readers that:
… More ...“James Kalb’s new