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Jan 1, 2004

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Guilded Independence

The company man is a classic figure of the employer/employee model. We know the type: he—it's usually a man—started sweeping the shop-floor as a youth of 17 and stayed in the same town with the same company his whole life. After 25 years, he received his gold watch;...

Jan 1, 2004

Making a Good Constitution Better

Janet Ajzenstat asks whether in its Constitution Act, 1867 Canada can be said to have a good constitution (Comment, January 2003). The question arises because of the seeming consensus among certain historians, political scientists, constitutional scholars, and...

Jan 1, 2004

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Ten Good Things

Leith Anderson writes in Christianity Today (“Steady Christian Influence,” August 2004) of a woman raising her hand at a convention in Philadelphia after he spoke, and asking, “If the gospel and the church are supposed to be so effective, why is everything in America so bad?”

Jan 1, 2004

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Subsidiarity and Federalism

The revival of Roman Catholic social teaching in the late nineteenth century introduced the word subsidiarity into the English language. Although the word itself was something of a neologism, the concept it signifies extends back to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas.

Jan 1, 2004

Editorial: End of the Print “Comment”?

This is probably the last paper copy of Comment you will hold in your hands. As of 2004, Comment will move to being a web-based magazine. It will also shift to eight issues per year, each of which will be quite a bit shorter than the bumper issue you are holding.This...

Jun 1, 2003

Editorial: Historical Awareness

This summer issue of Comment contains several pieces with an historical slant. Some of our readers will delight in this; others will snort along with car maker Henry Ford, who in 1916 famously remarked that "history is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want...

Jun 1, 2003

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Creation, Consumption, Conservation, and Choice

Among the many strange things that have befallen Venice, she has had the good fortune to become the object of passion to a man of splendid genius, who has made her his own and in doing so has made her the world's. —Henry JamesJohn Ruskin's best-known work remains The...

Jun 1, 2003

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Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow (Taunton Press, 2002, 288 pp, US $34.95) In 1977, a group of authors led by Christopher Alexander published the following in their book A Pattern Language:...

Jun 1, 2003

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The Craft of Machine Design

Stupid car!I've said that (or maybe something a little less tame) many times in my life. With regular care, a good car gives you faithful service for many years. It is that one cold winter morning when your car decides to take a day off without your permission that...