The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


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August 2009
31: Jews with Swords {5} by Alan Jacobs
06: great expectations {96} by Alan Jacobs
06: inquiring minds at the White House {44} by Alan Jacobs
04: The Franchise Affair {9} by Alan Jacobs
03: the English Montaigne? {3} by Alan Jacobs
01: inquiring minds want to know {4} by Alan Jacobs
July 2009
31: testing, testing {49} by Alan Jacobs
19: sauce for the goose {20} by Alan Jacobs
17: one more note about that island {20} by Alan Jacobs
16: my official response to Noah's books-off-the-island post {17} by Alan Jacobs
14: a follow-up to that bleg {10} by Alan Jacobs
13: the green at heart {5} by Alan Jacobs
13: a homeschooler's bleg {72} by Alan Jacobs
12: in praise of oddballs {12} by Alan Jacobs
08: Would you send your children to Bill Gates U? {22} by Alan Jacobs
06: two scenarios {23} by Alan Jacobs
June 2009
30: watch your language {33} by Alan Jacobs
12: is there still an American scene? {12} by Alan Jacobs
10: Rod, you can do better {9} by Alan Jacobs
10: Discovery preview {1} by Alan Jacobs
08: arguing, attacking, exposing, refuting {20} by Alan Jacobs
07: some thoughts on "Up" {10} by Alan Jacobs
03: Koko Taylor {2} by Alan Jacobs
May 2009
26: American Babylon {1} by Alan Jacobs
22: lay off, McWhorter {15} by Alan Jacobs
22: human development {9} by Alan Jacobs
21: the dyes from gas-tar {9} by Alan Jacobs
18: The President at Notre Dame {172} by Alan Jacobs
15: time passages {3} by Alan Jacobs
14: Gladwell's generalizations {22} by Alan Jacobs
14: the future of archives {13} by Alan Jacobs
11: a farewell to Malazan {44} by Alan Jacobs
April 2009
30: flags {37} by Alan Jacobs
30: education, skills, and the future {22} by Alan Jacobs
27: more sin, just for you {4} by Alan Jacobs
24: on the making of tiny distinctions {26} by Alan Jacobs
24: what's a poor teacher to do? {32} by Alan Jacobs
22: the forgiving Buckley {17} by Alan Jacobs
22: Steven Johnson on e-readers {1} by Alan Jacobs
22: conscience {35} by Alan Jacobs
20: Wunderkammer {1} by Alan Jacobs
17: Hell's classroom {11} by Alan Jacobs
17: more on Saletan and abortion in China {27} by Alan Jacobs
07: apology to Philip Pullman {2} by Alan Jacobs
07: me and the amoral menace {18} by Alan Jacobs
03: The Arcadian Friends {1} by Alan Jacobs
01: "death is better than life" {22} by Alan Jacobs
01: Aubade {17} by Alan Jacobs
March 2009
30: T. S. Eliot and Animal Farm {5} by Alan Jacobs
29: further (mis?)uses of enchantment {4} by Alan Jacobs
29: tragic humanism {30} by Alan Jacobs
20: literacy and suicide {2} by Alan Jacobs
18: life skillz {17} by Alan Jacobs
18: those dark satanic mills {18} by Alan Jacobs
11: Freeman's exit {10} by Alan Jacobs
10: uncabled {9} by Alan Jacobs
06: moment of surrender {2} by Alan Jacobs
04: reader's report {5} by Alan Jacobs
03: Anthony Lane on violence and suffering {16} by Alan Jacobs
02: out of the blue {1} by Alan Jacobs
February 2009
27: yet another self-serving announcement {2} by Alan Jacobs
27: Sita's Blues, lessened {7} by Alan Jacobs
25: son of text patterns {7} by Alan Jacobs
23: working hard, or hardly working? {15} by Alan Jacobs
22: FYI {4} by Alan Jacobs
20: Fish and Millman {23} by Alan Jacobs
20: Do-It-Yourself Tradition {2} by Alan Jacobs
19: exposed {4} by Alan Jacobs
14: it's not cricket {16} by Alan Jacobs
13: PayPal: an agony in five fits {18} by Alan Jacobs
11: traffic {21} by Alan Jacobs
08: what blogs can and can't do {21} by Alan Jacobs
07: the master narrative of secularization {3} by Alan Jacobs
04: The Great Cham of Literature and Mr. Larison {14} by Alan Jacobs
03: syllogism {18} by Alan Jacobs
03: Auden on nature and history {5} by Alan Jacobs
01: more on Coyne {75} by Alan Jacobs
January 2009
31: the Culture11 stuff {4} by Alan Jacobs
30: dethroning Manjoo {10} by Alan Jacobs
30: reporting 101 {12} by Alan Jacobs
29: cost and effect {8} by Alan Jacobs
29: Get Your Deoxyribonucleic Acid Here! {2} by Alan Jacobs
28: defining fundamentalism {10} by Alan Jacobs
23: more bus slogans {24} by Alan Jacobs
22: associations {8} by Alan Jacobs
16: nation, stripped {1} by Alan Jacobs
15: I seek the wisdom of the Scene {14} by Alan Jacobs
15: evicted! {7} by Alan Jacobs
13: Poulos, Bono, etc. {0} by Alan Jacobs
13: silent houses {5} by Alan Jacobs
09: memories and surveys {6} by Alan Jacobs
09: Dreher and Neuhaus {11} by Alan Jacobs
08: Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009 {10} by Alan Jacobs
07: pals {3} by Alan Jacobs
December 2008
30: Frum and literature {37} by Alan Jacobs
27: reads to remember {7} by Alan Jacobs
26: Harold Pinter {1} by Alan Jacobs
24: a Christmas poem for all our readers! {6} by Alan Jacobs
20: dialogue redux {17} by Alan Jacobs
20: religions and dialogue {39} by Alan Jacobs
12: a really good writer {8} by Alan Jacobs
12: adequate secular reasons — or not {11} by Alan Jacobs
10: our hero {2} by Alan Jacobs
08: Text Patterns {1} by Alan Jacobs
03: Peter Singer and Jamie Bérubé {2} by Alan Jacobs
03: the Reformation's "minimum kit" {7} by Alan Jacobs
01: this is where we live {2} by Alan Jacobs
01: empirical confirmation of my previous two posts {2} by Alan Jacobs
01: ain't got time for that, part II {12} by Alan Jacobs
November 2008
30: ain't got time for that {10} by Alan Jacobs
24: when barry met sally {36} by Alan Jacobs
17: pet politics {7} by Alan Jacobs
17: on being a Christian {45} by Alan Jacobs
15: centering {12} by Alan Jacobs
06: in the garden {15} by Alan Jacobs
06: prose and ho's {14} by Alan Jacobs
05: change we can believe in {9} by Alan Jacobs
04: how the world goes {33} by Alan Jacobs
October 2008
29: Sir Richard rides forth to slay another dragon {18} by Alan Jacobs
26: reader's report {0} by Alan Jacobs
23: when I come to be old {4} by Alan Jacobs
21: um, maybe not {2} by Alan Jacobs
20: fun facts to tell and know (mummy edition) {3} by Alan Jacobs
20: museumgoing (or, my continued attempt to remind myself that there's more to life than politics) {6} by Alan Jacobs
15: living like kings {5} by Alan Jacobs
14: A Conspiracy of Paper {10} by Alan Jacobs
14: I regret to inform you. . . {3} by Alan Jacobs
13: get yourself anathematized {4} by Alan Jacobs
12: the long defeat {13} by Alan Jacobs
09: Jean-Marie whatshisname {9} by Alan Jacobs
September 2008
26: libertarians and original sin {13} by Alan Jacobs
22: the dark side {8} by Alan Jacobs
21: Marilynne Robinson {4} by Alan Jacobs
14: what to do after {15} by Alan Jacobs
09: a caveat and/or a confession {50} by Alan Jacobs
07: Purgatory Mates {10} by Alan Jacobs
05: my last ever post on this topic, cross my heart and hope to die {22} by Alan Jacobs
04: more meta {7} by Alan Jacobs
04: clear lines {23} by Alan Jacobs
03: Third Ways {9} by Alan Jacobs
01: a public service announcement {30} by Alan Jacobs
August 2008
31: knowledge {8} by Alan Jacobs
30: 24 hours later {45} by Alan Jacobs
29: people who need people {9} by Alan Jacobs
29: balancing and hypocrisy {7} by Alan Jacobs
22: medal counting {20} by Alan Jacobs
15: the fate of Iraq's antiquities {2} by Alan Jacobs
12: fallows on brooks {11} by Alan Jacobs
10: commentary {20} by Alan Jacobs
09: get 'em while they're hot {0} by Alan Jacobs
07: did I just hear what I think I heard? {10} by Alan Jacobs
06: codes {14} by Alan Jacobs
03: a poem by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (ca. 1972) {2} by Alan Jacobs
02: culinary conservatism, part II {9} by Alan Jacobs
July 2008
31: on culinary conservatism {9} by Alan Jacobs
19: Carr's impatience — and mine? {13} by Alan Jacobs
18: children and happiness {26} by Alan Jacobs
16: a wise decision {5} by Alan Jacobs
16: threatening conditions {9} by Alan Jacobs
14: atheisms {35} by Alan Jacobs
14: the anguish of the Christian libertarian {13} by Alan Jacobs
12: the killer of puppies {12} by Alan Jacobs
08: nightmares do come true {1} by Alan Jacobs
08: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, third and final round {5} by Alan Jacobs
07: Milt and me {0} by Alan Jacobs
04: Jesse Helms {3} by Alan Jacobs
02: i know what you're thinking {50} by Alan Jacobs
June 2008
29: the life of trees {4} by Alan Jacobs
26: the ball is round {4} by Alan Jacobs
23: these days {0} by Alan Jacobs
20: circumstantial innocence {9} by Alan Jacobs
20: the genie's offer {34} by Alan Jacobs
19: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, Round 2 {9} by Alan Jacobs
18: the two races {0} by Alan Jacobs
17: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, Round 1 {14} by Alan Jacobs
13: first impressions {29} by Alan Jacobs
07: more on towns {12} by Alan Jacobs
06: the weakness of religion {21} by Alan Jacobs
03: what to write on {1} by Alan Jacobs
02: his wheel, my time {10} by Alan Jacobs
01: Luttwak and Islam {15} by Alan Jacobs
May 2008
28: free as in . . . {19} by Alan Jacobs
28: warning: theology ahead {3} by Alan Jacobs
26: my writing doesn't want to be free {15} by Alan Jacobs
25: Google and the English language {0} by Alan Jacobs
22: share and share alike {8} by Alan Jacobs
17: the authority Leon Kass forgot to cite {1} by Alan Jacobs
16: all's right with the world {4} by Alan Jacobs
15: ethics by Pinker {40} by Alan Jacobs
13: bias {14} by Alan Jacobs
11: get your ridicule here {7} by Alan Jacobs
11: MacDonald's over-egged pudding {6} by Alan Jacobs
09: great moments in higher education {0} by Alan Jacobs
09: the manifesto that isn't {15} by Alan Jacobs
08: down under {2} by Alan Jacobs
02: the bonds of community {22} by Alan Jacobs
01: and then there's this {4} by Alan Jacobs
01: now's your chance {0} by Alan Jacobs
April 2008
23: how do you handle a hungry man? {6} by Alan Jacobs
23: I'll tell you whether you're happy, chump {16} by Alan Jacobs
20: whacky {9} by Alan Jacobs
18: my new motto {4} by Alan Jacobs
11: supercuts {2} by Alan Jacobs
10: tweet ontology {3} by Alan Jacobs
08: presentism {6} by Alan Jacobs
04: firing Yoo? {12} by Alan Jacobs
03: in memoriam {15} by Alan Jacobs
01: good news from Zimbabwe? {1} by Alan Jacobs
March 2008
31: this literally drives me crazy {19} by Alan Jacobs
29: something I can't do {19} by Alan Jacobs
20: your better is driving me up the wall {7} by Alan Jacobs
19: honesty in playlists {3} by Alan Jacobs
11: take it as a challenge, if you want {0} by Alan Jacobs
11: savvy {7} by Alan Jacobs
11: connected lives redux {9} by Alan Jacobs
10: phone for you {0} by Alan Jacobs
09: always on shuffle {7} by Alan Jacobs
06: And One More Experience I'll Never Have {0} by Alan Jacobs
06: How I Know I'll Never Be a Wonk (Volume XXXIV) {3} by Alan Jacobs
02: no, not that Nicholson {3} by Alan Jacobs
02: anticipation {3} by Alan Jacobs
February 2008
27: complications {7} by Alan Jacobs
23: why p.c. was invented {6} by Alan Jacobs
23: the sphere of concrete achievement {5} by Alan Jacobs
22: covering {8} by Alan Jacobs
21: best children's books {9} by Alan Jacobs
21: more on reading {0} by Alan Jacobs
21: Stephen Dubner on cheating: a response {4} by Alan Jacobs
20: the very best thing about the Obama campaign? {2} by Alan Jacobs
19: a kick in the . . . {1} by Alan Jacobs
15: outage and outrage {4} by Alan Jacobs
11: okay, okay, one little post on Rowan Williams {8} by Alan Jacobs
11: Tom Lantos {2} by Alan Jacobs
08: little surprises {5} by Alan Jacobs
07: Huckabee and anti-Mormonism {1} by Alan Jacobs
07: Steven Johnson on reading {6} by Alan Jacobs
03: same old show {5} by Alan Jacobs
01: Bad to the Bone. Or not. {9} by Alan Jacobs
January 2008
28: a brief meditation on book reviewing and other matters {9} by Alan Jacobs
28: the greatest toy ever made {2} by Alan Jacobs
23: about that blood {11} by Alan Jacobs
22: after the wire {4} by Alan Jacobs
21: Birmingham {7} by Alan Jacobs
18: confessions of a Christian homeschooler {37} by Alan Jacobs
07: Mormons, antiquity, and plausibility {5} by Alan Jacobs
05: writing words {3} by Alan Jacobs
04: Jonathan Chait, football guru {8} by Alan Jacobs
December 2007
31: My Happy New Year to Andrew Sullivan {1} by Alan Jacobs
30: the conservatism of open-source software {8} by Alan Jacobs
29: bad reading {12} by Alan Jacobs
14: the Mitchell report and the great temple {5} by Alan Jacobs
11: Clarence Thomas, Jeffrey Rosen, and Bulverism {5} by Alan Jacobs
09: illegitimacy revisited {0} by Alan Jacobs
04: Chinese meritocracy {0} by Alan Jacobs
03: The Devil's Party {2} by Alan Jacobs
November 2007
21: Shibboleth {4} by Alan Jacobs
16: editorial control {2} by Alan Jacobs
10: the perfidy of the barista {3} by Alan Jacobs
07: praise the Lord with music {1} by Alan Jacobs
October 2007
23: the gay headmaster {3} by Alan Jacobs
15: hearts and heads {1} by Alan Jacobs