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Rachel Lu

@rclu

6 months

A younger son asked me, earnestly, why I'm so anti- Trump. The older boys know, but he was tiny in 2016. I started with @jaynordlinger @NRO . So many things to say here, but the first point to stress to a boy is that Trump is a man utterly without honor.

Who Are We? | National Review

On Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and the conservative movement.

www.nationalreview.com

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5 months

Just learned that Dick Miller, of Cornell's philosophy dept, has died. Dick was an atheist with (I think) broadly Marxist commitments. As his TA, I once asked to move my section so I could attend a Good Friday service; he offered to pay a sub out of pocket. Never forgot that.

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3 years

With their schools closed, millions of kids have just dropped out of sight. They might be playing video games 16 hours a day and living on licorice. Who knows. If this isn’t a social justice concern, not sure what is.

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4 years

Around town you now see a lot of “Black Owned” and “BLM” signs on stores and small businesses. It seems Twin Cities business owners, at least, do not see white supremacists as the primary threat.

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3 months

This isn’t a silly concern, but you have to bear in mind that nobody ever converts for *fully adequate reasons*. The tent feels much bigger from the inside. At some point a convert looks back and thinks, well, I was an idiot obviously, but thankfully grace led me here.

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2 months

I do not wish to move to Hungary. I do not wish to turn America into Hungary. However, that whole thing about moms of 4 (or more) never paying taxes again? I could go for that.

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5 years

If you haven't yet seen @RadioFreeTom 's New Screwtape Letters at @BulwarkOnline , don't miss out. Very amusing, very pithy. I've just spent the better part of my evening enjoying it.

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@rclu

10 months

So, is this just me, or are many New Right writers prone to rhapsodizing about muscular men and beautiful women… with much less to say about virtue?

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@rclu

7 months

I can’t stop laughing at this post. I’m just imagining Hanania walking into the rent-a-car and sweeping the scene for the noble criminal so he can get top-notch service.

Richard Hanania

@RichardHanania

7 months

Often the nicest and most helpful person in a service job is a guy who has tattoos all over his head and neck and looks like he probably has spent time in jail. It shows that there’s often something noble in the criminal, he’s more alive than others around him.

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1 month

As a former Mormon, I have a high appreciation of Trinity Sunday. Orthodoxy and orthopraxy are connected, and we should never take either for granted. “God Immortal, be adored!”

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5 months

Last night’s family movie: The Fugitive. My 14yo commented, “I think this movie really played to Harrison Ford’s greatest strength: being chased.” Han Solo, Indiana Jones, the cop in Witness. He’s got a point there.

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2 months

A child was instructed to draw pictures of "things your mom likes" as part of a present. He came up with two things: Aristotle, and fitness. I mean, yeah. No arguments.

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6 years

Thinking how surprised I’d have been if I’d known a year ago that I’d be ringing in 2019 with this little guy (currently 3 days old).

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@rclu

2 years

Proud of my dad, even though he tested positive for Covid at the last second and couldn't come to receive his award!

Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative

@NDLawRLI

2 years

Professor Steven Smith of @USanDiegoLaw will receive our 2022 Religious Liberty Scholarship Award tonight at the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit’s awards gala in Rome, Italy. #ReligiousLiberty2022

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Rachel Lu

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6 months

Started working for Liberty Fund two years ago today. So, things may not look great for liberty across the globe, but I’m sure it would’ve been much worse if I hadn’t joined the cause.

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6 years

@xan_desanctis After my first was born, I got tired of people wanting me to “admit” that the things I’d done before (doctoral program, traveling world etc) were mostly silly diversions prior to discovering True Bliss. Actually those things were great. Which takes nothing away from my kids.

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5 years

I love going to Dick’s Sporting Goods, because the salesmen refer to me as an “athlete”. Thanks for seeing my inner potential, Dick’s. Nobody else ever did.

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8 months

Got to this one late, but if you haven't read @McGillPatterson on "Protestant Franco," you shouldn't miss it. Is it just me, or does it feel like things are unraveling in some corners of the right? From @LawLiberty

The Absurdity of a "Protestant Franco" – James M. Patterson

Using the idiom of his present-day American admirers, one is tempted to ask what Franco’s conservatism conserved?

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@rclu

3 months

It's been a good spring for family-related books, but @CRPakaluk 's stands out even so. Instead of telling us why people don't have kids, she tells us why they do. Here's my review of Hannah's Children, @LawLiberty :

Breeding Immortal Beings – Rachel Lu

What motivates an educated woman to have seven children?

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

11 months

It really looks to me like @DominicJPino wins this one.

A Reply to the Heritage Foundation’s Smears | National Review

By all means, carefully consider the best ways to provide support to Ukraine. But don’t demagogue the issue and name-call anyone who dares to disagree.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

9 months

This is the clearest and most appalling example of how Trump is actively offended by self-sacrifice. It honestly seems to infuriate him to be reminded that there are people in this world with a sense of honor. From @NRO :

‘God Help Us’: John Kelly Confirms Trump Mocked Veterans during Arlington Memorial Service |...

Trump is a ‘person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about.’

www.nationalreview.com

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

1 month

Very grateful for everything @lee_trepanier has given to @LawLiberty . I’m happy for him, but sad for us.

Lee Trepanier

@lee_trepanier

1 month

On my final day, a deep sense of gratitude and thanks for having been at @LawLiberty . Many thanks to @Reinsch84 , @briansmith1980 , @JohnGGrove1 as well as @rclu and @Liberty_Fund for the opportunity. I look forward to reading @LawLiberty as a reader, as all of you should, too!

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2 months

My 10yo just pitched his first inning. Watching him strike out his first batter was pretty amazing.

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1 year

My son reports that a wondrous thing was served in the cafeteria at lunch. He describes it. “Ah,” I say. “It’s a walking taco.” He’d brought cold lunch. “I hope,” he rhapsodizes, “I get to try one someday.” Made walking tacos for dinner. If only heroism were always so easy.

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@rclu

5 years

Politics would be more interesting right now if we spent less time on Joe Biden, and more on Andrew Yang. @xan_desanctis contributes to this effort here:

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2 months

Lee is a fantastic colleague, and for selfish reasons I’m quite sad that he’s leaving us @LawLiberty . But very happy for him. @AssumptionUMA is fortunate indeed!

Lee Trepanier

@lee_trepanier

2 months

It has been a privilege to lead such a fantastic department at @SamfordU . While I depart with sadness, I am looking forward with excitement to join the @AssumptionUMA family on July 1 to contribute to its mission of a Catholic liberal arts education.

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10 months

Our @LawLiberty symposium on @kvallier 's new book on integralism is up! This was a fun one to edit. It explores the theoretical interest of integralism, while acknowledging the impracticality. Contributions from @ThomasDHowes @StMichael71 and Kai Weiss.

Political Catholicism Reborn? – Law & Liberty Editors

A Law & Liberty symposium on Kevin Vallier's All The Kingdoms of the World.

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@rclu

1 year

"Mr. Dunning-Kruger, your table is ready." Even if you already believed the central claim, this is kind of devastating. It's odd how much nostalgia I feel today for GWB, simply on the grounds that he wasn't an awful person. From @charlescwcooke @NRO :

Joe Biden Is an Asshole | National Review

Character matters. Biden has none.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

2 months

Here’s my day. I woke up at six and worked for five hours. Then went to Target Field to see a double header, first the Twins, then our high school boys. (Both Twins and Aggies won!) Now off to see La Boheme. I’ll be honest: I haven’t lived a lot of days quite like this one.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

8 years

Good piece on why Rubio could help move conservatism forward:

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@rclu

4 years

What I learned from J.R.R. Tolkien: Never trust anyone who lives in a tower.

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@rclu

3 months

Gave a lecture at U Madison Monday (as part of series on Conservative Thought) on feminism & anti-feminism. It was fun; students were engaged & curious. Was especially pleased that I could answer so many questions in part by recommending books from fellow @FairerSexFD writers.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

9 months

It’s getting lonely in the pews with four of five sons vesting to serve, and my husband lectoring. On the bright side, my covert plan to take over the Church and run it through my menfolk, is proceeding swimmingly.

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@rclu

7 months

God is not dead, nor doth he sleep. Merry Christmas, everyone.

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2 months

I like Benedictine College. I know a lot of people there, and it seems like a vibrant Catholic community. I expect winning a reputation as the Heart of Catholic Darkness will be good for their enrollment; I hope it speaks to a bright future!

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@rclu

10 months

So interesting to talk to @Yascha_Mounk about his new book on identity politics, here on the @LawLiberty podcast. If you’ve read Mitchell, Hanania, Caldwell etc on this general subject, you should read Mounk’s book too, for balance.

An Unholy Postmodern Synthesis – Law & Liberty - Yascha Mounk

Most people want to live in a just society. But that doesn't correspond to contemporary social justice activism.

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7 months

This is clearly a very complex issue but I must strenuously reject the claim that "when you privatize Christianity, it dies." God is above the state! Grace does not require the government's sanction to do its work.

Yoram Hazony

@yhazony

7 months

Liberals spent three generations telling us you could privatize Christianity and the result would be good for everyone. We’ll, it wasn’t good for everyone. 1 It was bad for Christians because when you privatize Christianity, it dies. 2 It was bad for liberals, because

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6 years

14 years ago this weekend, @mathewlu asked me out for the first time. One year after that he asked me to marry him. 5 sons, 4 cars, 3 houses, and 2 interstate moves later, the ring still fits, so I guess it's just as well I said "yes".

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@rclu

6 years

When I was a kid, it was just Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday, now Giving Tuesday. So, can I propose “just go buy yourself what you really want” Wednesday? I mean, we might as well at this point. Finally, Bankruptcy Thursday will round out the week.

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@rclu

2 years

Jason Riley @jasonrileywsj is no great fan of Trump, but he is a fan of the economic gains Black Americans made during his presidency. @LibertyEthics reviews his latest here for @LawLiberty :

Boosting Black Fortunes – Rachel Ferguson

Economic freedom benefits the poor and marginalized the most.

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@rclu

5 years

If the kids don't stop distracting me, I'm never going to finish this incredibly moving essay on how family should come first.

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@rclu

6 years

8yo son: I keep seeing commercials telling people to vote. But really, if you need a TV commercial to persuade you, should you be voting anyway? Score. Already following in my elitist ways.

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@rclu

2 months

Our new editor @JohnGGrove1 opens a new era @LawLiberty with this insightful essay on the misguided paradigm that makes our politics so dysfunctional today.

Comprehensive or Constitutional Politics? – John G. Grove

Two broad political inclinations underlie and complicate our political practice and language.

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

1 year

It’s been really delightful to attend and speak at the @ISI @ClaremontInst Summit this week. This was truly the full spectrum of right-wing personalities. I have much to chew on now, and offer sincere thanks to @Heritage for inviting me down.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

4 months

Gave a local talk last night on Catholic political thought, tracing a thread from John Ireland through Maritain and Murray. It was fun, audience seemed engaged. I think there may now be a receptive audience for a message other than “despair, withdraw, break all the furniture.”

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@rclu

2 years

My latest @LawLiberty is uncharacteristically harsh. The book was so absurd that I could not critique it evenly; I put the author on the couch instead. I am aiming at a serious point, though, about social justice and integrity.

An Ode to Mediocrity – Rachel Lu

Avram Alpert wants to exchange his youthful ambitions for a guarantee of a comfortable life. This will not work.

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

25 days

As a new mom I learned something about myself: I'm miserable if I'm not writing something. Not everyone has those compulsions, but some do, and they may be mothers. Sounds like a beautiful book by @cat_ricketts , reviewed by @HootenWilson @FairerSexFD :

Shining a Light on Mother Artists - Fairer Disputations

Toni Morrison rejected the premise behind the title of Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man. “Invisible to whom?” She asked. “Not to me.” While the white audience may have missed the black presence...

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@rclu

1 year

My husband and I were married in a Tridentine nuptial Mass. Every member of our family was baptized in the Tridentine form. So much Latin in our family history! And chant! Gregorian chant at every turn! I’m just mentioning in case anyone’s making a watch list. That’s Lu, L-U.

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@rclu

2 months

Thinking on the past 20 years, and why the right can't seem to decide how much (or whether?) it cares about freedom. True story: I'm a "zombie Reaganite" who originally read Hayek because angry right-wing populists insisted that I must. @LawLiberty

Hayek Among the Post-Liberals – Rachel Lu

The past two decades on the American right have been an extended exercise in mapping out Hayek's road to serfdom.

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

10 months

This, from @EsotericCD @NRO , echoes many of my own thoughts these days. I can’t even tell people Trump definitely won’t win. Many other Republicans would have a better chance, but he *might* just pull it off and… heaven help us. What a disaster.

Trump Genuinely Could Win Again, and I Hope You Understand What That Means | National Review

There are many people who remember the Trump years as a crazy circus but hey, times were good, the border was secure, and then Covid happened. And they vote.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

5 months

Drive carefully. The life you save may be your own. Reading Flannery O’Connor with my teenager, who expected a writer beloved of so many nice Catholics to be… not like this.

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@rclu

9 months

I have reviewed a banned book! It was @RyanTAnd 's When Harry Became Sally, now banned by Amazon. Can we celebrate that for #BannedBookWeek ?

Elizabeth Grace Matthew

@ElizabethGMat

9 months

#BannedBookWeek is nonsense. With a few regrettable exceptions, most of the “books” being “banned” are ideologically indoctrinating pornography. My latest for ⁦ @IWF ⁩. ⁦ @ginnygentles ⁩ ⁦ @bethanyshondark ⁩ ⁦ @YoungVoicesOrg ⁩⁩

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@rclu

2 months

Hail to the new chief! (Or is it, meet the new boss, same as the old boss?) Seriously, excited for a new chapter at L&L.

John G. Grove

@JohnGGrove1

2 months

A bit of professional news today. I’m extremely honored and excited to take the wheel at L&L, with gratitude to @Reinsch84 and @briansmith1980 , for all they’ve done to build it into such a great magazine.

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@rclu

8 months

Pretty good from @NRO . I woke up this morning thinking, “it’s time to return to the seamless garment!” It was once prudent to isolate the abortion issue, but now connecting abortion to other dehumanizing trends (like MAID) may be the right approach.

Take the Long View on the Fight for Life | National Review

The loss in Ohio calls for a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges — and opportunities — for the pro-life movement in battles ahead.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

9 years

@PPact psychopathic

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@rclu

3 months

Presently honoring the time-honored Minnesota tradition of freezing to death at first spring baseball game.

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@rclu

6 months

Watched Terminator 2 with the family. Now the boys are running all over the house saying “hasta la vista, baby,” and I’m right back in the 90s.

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@rclu

1 year

Is Heidegger the defining philosopher of fascism? I consider the question here in my review of Richard Wolin’s new book @NRO :

Heidegger and the Far Right | National Review

Heidegger in Ruins contends that the German philosopher’s Nazi commitments were deep, enduring, and enormously influential on later far-right thinkers.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

6 years

America is warming to marijuana legalization. I'm guessing we'll come to regret that. My latest at The Week:

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@rclu

8 months

As a fusionist/FreeCon/conservatarian, I've been accused of hubristic attachment to failed principles/institutions. To me, these critics seem like the ones lacking in epistemic modesty. Is it reasonable to launch aggressive reforms to problems we've barely begun to understand?

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5 years

Once upon a time, I wanted to become an intellectual historian. Life took me in other directions, but Samuel Gregg’s lovely little book on faith and reason, reminded me why the dream was so sweet. Read my review @LawLiberty :

Reuniting Faith and Reason - Rachel Lu

No matter how confused our contemporary culture, faith and reason cannot truly be alienated from one another.

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

2 years

My latest in National Review, on recreational pot and why some voters are rejecting it. @NRO @learnaboutsam

Slowing the Growth of Weed | National Review

Why voters in Arkansas and the Dakotas said no to recreational pot.

www.nationalreview.com

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@rclu

4 years

Reading the story of Fr Damien and the Molokai leper colony, with my kids. They ask when events transpired. Around 150 years ago, I say “Oh,” says my 6-year-old. “So not that long ago.” Score one for classical education.

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@rclu

2 years

Some Catholic thinkers today argue that we must reject liberal norms for the sake of securing the common good. But can illiberalism achieve the common good? @StMichael71 thinks otherwise. From @LawLiberty :

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@rclu

5 years

Pro-lifers need to take advantage of short-term gains to prove to the world (but especially women) that a pro-life culture can be good for them. My latest @TheWeek :

A pro-life world can be good for women. Here's how.

Lasting protections for the unborn will be sustainable only if a majority of women nationwide can be persuaded that they want them

theweek.com

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@rclu

5 years

I’ve taken my kids to countless festivals and fairs featuring giveaways marked with corporate logos. Most of them are in the trash within 2 weeks. You know what stays? Socks. We might go on wearing the socks for years. Just an FYI in case you’re trying to pick a giveaway item.

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@rclu

1 year

Son: Are you one of the best editors at @LawLiberty , do you think? Me: Oh, I’m totally top 5. Son (appreciatively): Wow! (There are only four of us. Don’t tell him.)

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6 months

It's perfectly reasonable to hold both that: 1) The political right today is grappling with real and important questions, and even some of the mistakes are probably necessary/inevitable, and 2) Some existing currents are very bad, dehumanizing, and maybe kind of fascist.

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@rclu

4 months

I know it's not a Catholic Bible, but some days, you just need your King James.

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8 months

Store completely out of Halloween candy. Here’s me improvising.

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6 years

My oldest 3 boys (aged 9, 6, 5) are doing a wrestling mini-camp at school. I mainly wanted to channel their cabin fever into an activity, but imagine my shock when 6yo asked last night, "Do you have any chores for us tonight? Coach says we're supposed to ask." I love this sport.

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@rclu

1 year

Went to a concert tonight. The Emperor Concerto. We used to go to classical concerts before we had kids, but this was the first one since, well, the birth of our eldest. (He’s 13 now.) Took two of the boys. It was wonderful. Apparently I still enjoy this.

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4 months

@CRPakaluk Very happy for him! And as a mother of growing sons I find this kind of news so uplifting. It’s not all gloom, sometimes they turn out!

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30 days

Me: So, boys, 17 years ago today something very important happened. They start brainstorming major political or military events, and finally give up. Me: Your parents were married. Five-year-old: Oh. I DON’T CARE.

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@rclu

1 year

Whatever my failings as a human being, I did just successfully parallel park a van. So there’s that.

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7 months

I have to agree with @JonahDispatch that Liz Magill's smirking is the part of the exchange you can't forget. Both Gay and Magill were incompetent, disingenuous, and offensive in many ways, but the smirk is the jaw-dropping "what's wrong with you" moment.

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10 months

@DominicJPino And cars are especially great at expanding access for those who might otherwise be marginalized: the sick, disabled, elderly, or caretakers of small children. If you're young and fit, maybe you do pretty well with a bicycle, but when that's the norm, many are just stuck at home.

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3 years

God and sinners, reconciled. Merry Christmas to all!

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@rclu

1 year

A must-read from @SpencerKlavan on the truths that great novelists see and reveal. From @LawLiberty :

Russian Literature's Prophetic Voice – Spencer A. Klavan

Great art shows what can’t be theorized.

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6 months

You can guess that it's been a spaghetti night in the Lu household when all of the boys are shirtless. (It's protocol. No one needs to deal with all those sauce stains on the school uniforms.)

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9 months

Went sprawling yesterday while playing backyard football. Feet got tangled up with my son's when I was going for a pass. Today my husband notices a big bruise. "How'd you do that?" It's... a football injury! I have a football injury! In your 40s, you gotta milk these things.

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@rclu

10 months

Was fortunate to attend this fine event, awash in Whiggish ways, means, and ideas.

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Two great speakers @SWGoldman @BerkowitzPeter this eve at Whiggish Thinkers Summit @TheIRD @new_whigs

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2 years

Really enjoyed this piece on Roger Scruton, from @JohnGGrove1 . It's a good, thoughtful Friday read. From @LawLiberty :

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1 year

J.K. Rowling was always a gender essentialist. Somehow her fans failed to notice. But that’s the thing about cancel culture: at some point it comes for something you love. My latest @LawLiberty :

J. K. Rowling's Moment of Truth – Rachel Lu

At some point iconoclasts will find themselves standing, torches in hand, at the foot of something they love. Harry Potter turned out to be that thing.

lawliberty.org

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5 months

"I'm the Milton Friedman of sex-realism today," I told my husband, referring to my debut piece @FairerSexFD . Maternity and freedom?

Tearing Down the Maternal Wall - Fairer Disputations

In the nineties, the Mommy Wars were a big deal. I remember this well from my childhood because it was a defining fault line, clearly distinguishing my two primary social worlds (school and church)....

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@rclu

6 years

@McCormickProf But then the Terribly Wrong Person might actually end up better off, instead of having his life destroyed. See the problem?

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@rclu

2 years

Will federalism really be America’s longest-lasting contribution to humankind? Or will it be basketball? My triumphalist celebration of the Anglosphere's proud sporting tradition:

The Sporting Genius of the English-Speaking Peoples – Rachel Lu

The British Empire is no more, but all across the planet, people play English sports, because they are exciting, fun, and community-building.

lawliberty.org

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@rclu

3 months

Amazing! All three of my boys won today. The Lu crew collectively is 7-0 on this baseball season! Not sure what to do with this; I think of baseball as fundamentally an exercise in coping with failure.

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@rclu

3 months

O felix culpa quae talem et tantum meruit habere redemptorem.

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@rclu

6 years

@SohrabAhmari For those who are truly heartbroken, it may be a good idea to take a break from Church politics for awhile. But don’t take a break from the faith. There are many ways to find living water here, even in dark times.

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@rclu

6 months

Anti-feminism is having a moment on the right. It's a case study in what I call "counterfactual fantasy," and though some forms may be merely self-indulgent, it has potential to feed into more serious strains of misogyny. I explain here @PublicDiscourse :

The End of Feminism

In reality, the initial question of “Should we reject feminism?” is reductive to the point of making little sense. It invites no clear “yes” or “no” answer because the term “feminism” has no clear...

www.thepublicdiscourse.com

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

2 months

As an undergraduate, I discovered that I would always spell “Nietzsche” correctly if I remembered that the ‘z’ was smack in the middle with 4 letters on each side. That trick is like the gift that keeps on giving. So helpful. I pass on in case anyone else might benefit.

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@rclu

1 year

Went to my son’s school science fair. So many entertaining projects, but my favorite was the kid who confirmed that eating a pile of cookies did, indeed, raise his blood sugar.

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@rclu

6 months

Wait. Tucker Carlson is anti-Dollar Store? Does he hate children? Birthday parties? Christmas stockings? Egg hunts? Greeting cards, picnicware, supplies for school projects... I could do this all day. I knew he had issues, but this is beyond the pale.

Tucker Carlson’s Dollar Store Takedown

"The best way to help those with lesser means is to provide them with more options. Dollar stores don’t create low-income households, they serve them." ~Kimberlee Josephson

www.aier.org

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

1 year

No one in my family appreciates oysters but me. So I get them for (or around) my birthday. Having my birthday oysters today. The guy in the seafood store was so sympathetic to this that he gave me a half-dozen extra. I didn’t even know until I opened the parcel.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

6 years

Parent-teacher conferences always make me feel grateful for my kids. But also, for these other adults I know only slightly, who also really seem to care about my kids.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

4 months

I voted. For @NikkiHaley . And I was grateful for the opportunity. Much respect to her for hanging on, and giving some of us a magical moment of feeling like full-fledged citizens of a democratic country.

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Rachel Lu

@rclu

4 years

Sometimes people ask me about my conversion to Catholicism. If you’d like to hear the story, tune into EWTN at 8pm (ET) for my interview with Marcus Grodi on Journey Home!

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Rachel Lu

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1 year

“Some people believe Fukuyama is already a robot.” Some light morning reading from Alexander Dugin.

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