E.G. Smith

About E.G. Smith

E.G. Smith is a writer who lives and works in Washington, D.C. and a former student, in Claremont, of Harry V. Jaffa.

Travel is an Antidote to American Political Hysteria

Travel is an Antidote to American Political Hysteria

A few weeks ago I met a man with backwards feet. This was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, halfway through a vacation in Southeast Asia. It was at a dingy old-school gym with rusty weights and a corrugated tin roof that made a thunderous racket when it rained. A frail, middle-aged man sat at a counter

By E.G. Smith| 2016-12-16T12:45:23+00:00 December 16th, 2016|

This Election Year is No Time for Gentlemen

Relax. It's a metaphor. “This is a revolution, dammit! We're going to have to offend somebody!” — John Adams, 1776 After this election, conservatism is washed up . . . and it's about time. The word itself was never very useful. Remember when the New York Times would refer to the most hard core Marxists in the Kremlin as "conservatives"?

By E.G. Smith| 2016-10-24T06:23:52+00:00 October 23rd, 2016|Tags: gentlemen, Harry V. Jaffa, Harvey Mansfield, John Adams, John Brown, John Marini, Publius Decius Mus, revolution, Steven Hayward, Thomas Paine|