Society’s “little platoons” for conservation
I’ve just finished a new book that is a must read for the political right (and for those on the political left who may be interested in what conservatives think about environmental issues). Roger...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Environmental Challenge
Can one be a social conservative or member of the GOP and be an environmentalist? Although I’ve long argued what I believe to be the fundamental distinction between being an environmentalist and a...
View ArticleA Case for Environmental Conservatism
Are conservatives better able to handle environmental problems? A re-post of a June 2012 lecture by Roger Scruton of AEI, and author of “How to Think Seriously About the Planet,” and great commentary...
View ArticleThoughtful Reflections on the Environment by a Conservative Thinker – An...
I had the pleasure this week of sitting down with the English philosopher, Roger Scruton, to discuss his new book, How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for Environmental Conservatism. It...
View ArticleEnvironmental Modernists – Technology as Salvation or a Temporal Fix
Interesting piece over at The Breakthrough Institute on the continued awakening of modern environmental thought by Fred Pearce, under the new label, environmental modernism. There is a new...
View ArticleBeauty Has Become The Ugly
I share the following provocative BBC documentary, “Why Beauty Matters”, by Roger Scruton. A powerful and moving piece on the importance of beauty and aesthetics in art, form, and the natural world...
View ArticleHuman Carrying Capacity – Fanciful Fiction or Deadly Reality
One of the first courses I took in college toward my degree in wildlife management was a population dynamics class. And one of the first readings was the classic story of the boom-bust population...
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