The recent barrage of executive orders has put some conservatives in a triumphalist frame of mind. From reverse racism, to gender madness, to the cancerous growth of the administrative state, to the arrest of pro-lifers and the intimidation of people of faith, I keep hearing “The election changed all that. It’s all coming to an end.”
Good afternoon, everyone. I’ve just posted links to two new essays of mine to the Articles page.
“How Happiness Studies Lets Us Down,” which appeared yesterday in the online edition of First Things.
Fifteen Eighty Four blog of Cambridge University Press (5 February 2025)
First Things web edition (5 February 2025)
From Współczesna Problematyka Ochrony Małżeństwa i Tożsamości Osoby w Świetle Orzecznictwa Amerykańskiego i Europejskiego, redakcja naukowa Przemysław Ostojski i Mark Regnerus (Warszawa: Instytut Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, 2024).
From Contemporary Problems of Protection of Marriage and Identity of the Person in the Light of American and European Case Law, edited by Przemysław Ostojski and Mark Regnerus (Warsaw: Institute of Justice, 2024).
Sometimes I collect and log thoughts I don’t want to discuss at full length. So you may consider today’s post a sheaf of promissory notes.