The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


Articles by John Schwenkler

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2011

October

25
Marc Hauser is in hot water (again) by John Schwenkler

September

21
Crunchy Con Alert by John Schwenkler

2010

July

22
Has Newt Gingrich Lost His Mind? by John Schwenkler
Is Tenure Defensible? by John Schwenkler
Dan Riehl defends Andrew Breitbart's slander of Shirley Sherrod by John Schwenkler

March

17
Shades of Gray by John Schwenkler

2009

October

19
News of My Disappearance Has Been Mildly Exaggerated by John Schwenkler

August

12
Can Americans Handle Shopping for Health Care? by John Schwenkler
11
Re: Keep it Simpler, Stupid by John Schwenkler

July

20
Worst. Children's Books. Ever. by John Schwenkler
14
From the Department of Potentially Misleading Facts and Figures by John Schwenkler
08
Stray Thoughts on the Consumption of Friends and Companions by John Schwenkler
06
Palin and the Elites by John Schwenkler

June

27
Mark Levinsane Strikes Again by John Schwenkler
12
In Defense of Mandatory Composting by John Schwenkler
10
Let the Dominoes Fall by John Schwenkler
05
The Torture Debate, as a Batman Comic by John Schwenkler
Humankind Needs Fish, ctd. by John Schwenkler

May

14
Has the Battle for Breastfeeding Been Won? by John Schwenkler
07
On Preschooling, Universal and Otherwise: No Hope? by John Schwenkler
05
Against Thought-Experiments by John Schwenkler

April

27
Why Counterfeiting Is Wrong (And Why Torture Is, Too) by John Schwenkler
24
One Straw Man Leads To Another by John Schwenkler
21
In Defense of Alice Waters by John Schwenkler
15
Taxing Estates by John Schwenkler
11
Strunk'd by John Schwenkler
10
Wood on Opacity and Interiority in the Bible by John Schwenkler
08
The End of Moral Philosophy? (II) by John Schwenkler
07
The End of Moral Philosophy? by John Schwenkler
04
Just Wondering by John Schwenkler

March

26
Borlaug Birthday Linkage by John Schwenkler
19
A Wonkish Proposal by John Schwenkler

February

26
Closeted Christians? by John Schwenkler
22
What's a liberal to do with Yoo? by John Schwenkler
19
In Defense of Economics by John Schwenkler
18
Toward a Liberal Liberalism by John Schwenkler

January

23
Debating the Stimulus (Or Not) by John Schwenkler

2008

December

04
Infected by John Schwenkler

November

12
On Veterans Day by John Schwenkler