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Why do you blog? Aside from as an exercise in irrelevance? Probably out of equal parts boredom and a desire to improve my writing.

What are you reading at the moment? Stephen Fry's Revenge, Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind, and William Hague's biography of Pitt the Younger.

Who are your cultural heroes? Evelyn Waugh, T.S. Eliot, and William Hazlitt.

What is your favorite poem? It's a toss up between Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Wallace Stevens's "Sunday Morning."

What is your favorite movie? Lawrence of Arabia.

What is your favorite song? At this moment, probably "Judy and the Dream of Horses" by Belle and Sebastian.

What philosphical thesis do you find it most important to disseminate? Anything relating to anti-totalitarianism.

What philosophical thesis do you think it is most important to combat? Various and sundry forms of relativism.

Who are your political heroes? Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill

If you could effect one major policy change in the governing of your country, what would it be? Having senators serve life-time terms.

What do you consider to be the main threat to the future peace and security of the world? Moral relativism.

Do you think the world (human civilization) has already passed its best point, or is that yet to come? I think Victorian England was probably the apex.

What would be your most important piece of advice about life? Don't take everything so seriously.

Do you think you could ever be married to, or in a long-term relationship with, someone with radically different political views from your own? Yes.

If you could choose anyone, from any walk of life, to be President, who would you choose? I think anyone who could do the job well would turn it down.

Who would play you in the movie about your life? William Holden.

If you could have any three guests, past or present, to dinner who would they be? Churchill, Leo Struass, and Benjamin D'Israeli.

Where would you most like to live (other than where you do)? I'd like an isolated cabin in Northern Michigan on the shores of a trout-filled river with plenty of good hiking nearby.

What would your ideal holiday be? London at winter, staying at Brown's St. George's Hotel.

What do you consider the most important personal quality? Courage and good sportsmanship.

What personal fault do you most dislike? Hypocracy.

What, if anything, do you worry about? Growing old alone.

In what circumstances would you be willing to lie? To help someone or an ideal I love.

Do you have any prejudices you're willing to acknowledge? I'm not to big on zealots -- political or religious -- of any stripe.

What is your favourite proverb? This too shall pass.

What commonly enjoyed activities do you regard as a waste of time? Watching professional sports (although this is changing), "clubbing," and smoking pot. It's not that I'm opposed to drugs, but if you're going to do them, do something that gives you a real high -- not something that makes you listen to bad jam bands and fall asleep.

What animal would you most like to be? A housecat.

What do you like doing in your spare time? Reading, watching old movies, playing board games, listening to music, and napping.

What is your most treasured possession? My boxing passbook.

If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to? Philip.

What talent would you most like to have? I'd like to be a better writer.

What would be your ideal choice of alternative profession or job? Polar explorer or soldier.

Who is your favourite comedian or humorist? P.G. Wodehouse.

Who are your sporting heroes? Sugar Ray Robinson and Roger Bannistar.

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Decline and Fall

The misadventures of a midwestern misanthrope, with occasional forays into the worlds of boxing, literature, film, and other pretentious pursuits.

An Exercise in Narcissm: A Self-Interview in the Fashion of William F. Buckley, Jr.

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