Reflections

This afternoon, I drove from Austin to College Station, Texas. A big difference in campuses. UT-Austin is in the middle of a city, a very urban campus. And the university is a very large part of the city. Texas A&M, on the other hand, is pretty much “in the heart of Texas.” In other words, […]

As I said, EVERYTHING is BIGGER in Texas… including the big tent of the conservative movement. Some campuses I go to seem to have conservatives that are social conservatives, while others are more libertarian, still others more faith-based, some community based, and others more College Republican types. At UT-Austin, they had it all, and all […]

This is only my second time ever to the state of Texas, and my first visit ever to anyplace outside of Dallas. You’ll see my “itinerary” in my previous post for the next week. But, as for today, my first stop is Austin, Texas. I grabbed some Chipotle this afternoon and drove around only a […]

I am getting ready to depart on another 10-day trip. This time, I’ll be in Texas, Oklahoma, then from there to DC for a couple days before I head back home to Delaware. My general schedule is as follows: March 29: “Get to Know ISI” soiree at UT-AustinMarch 30: Lunch with ISI Group at Texas […]

Well, the news came today… I didn’t get into Notre Dame. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to. It’s a great history department with a lot of applicants and they only accept about 8-10 students each year. I thought their department was a great fit for my research interests, but it wasn’t meant to be. This might […]

Most people that know me and that know I’ve applied for Ph.D. work at the University of Notre Dame have been asking… “So, did you get in yet?” My typical response over the last month has been, “I’m supposed to hear by March 15.” Well, it’s March 16th, and I haven’t heard. But, I just […]

Tonight, I decided to take an extra few hours out of my weekend to venture up to the Princeton campus, again. I have to say, it’s probably my favorite campus (or at least in the top 3). I came up here to visit with Andrew Matthews and his ISI Group that publishes the “Journal of […]

Here I am with Senator Rick Santorum, and two of my colleagues from ISI, Caitlin and Colin. The Senator stopped by the ISI booth at CPAC to take a picture with us and his ISI Books title, IT TAKES A FAMILY: CONSERVATISM AND THE COMMON GOOD. Get social with us!

It was a blast. I came away exhausted after 4 days of being exposed to nothing but conservatism — well big tent conservatism that is. The libertarians were there to tell us that we should legalize marijuana and other hard drugs. They call the current policy “prohibition.” So, they had an open bar. And, I […]