B. D. McClay

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. Over at Postmodern Conservative , we have a discussion of Strauss, Burke, and Lawler —and Pete Spiliakos indulges in some pop culture writing . What Peter Leithart is reading about: baptism , anti-government toys , maps , biblical theology , Randy . . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Friday! Here’s what we have for you as we head into the weekend: Maureen Mullarkey sleeps through sermons . What Peter Leithart is reading about: what Jesus ate, Trojan popes , Levinas , James Bond , Paul Ryan . He’s also still reading N. T. Wright, and Sara Coakley’s God, . . . . Continue Reading »

A few days ago, Terry Teachout had a piece on pop culture writing in the Wall Street Journal —specifically, why there’s so much high-quality pop culture writing, to the apparent exclusion of higher forms of culture. He thinks it indicates a basic frivolity. “It used to be that we . . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Thursday! Here’s what we have for you to read: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott thinks about Terry Teachout’s criticism of pop culture writing, and Pete Spiliakos analyzes the House That Olbermann Built. Peter Leithart is reading about: rebellious thumbs, sex in . . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Wednesday! Here’s what we have for you today: Peter Leithart is reading: Antonio López’s Gift and the Unity of Being , writing four short posts on the subject, and the Times Literary Supplement’ s article on Shakespeare’s working life. Dr. Boli reads the mail : . . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Tuesday! Here’s what we have for you to read: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott takes a dim view of Marco Rubio, and Peter Lawler expands on the Burke–Strauss conference. What Peter Leithart is reading about: the postmodern Prometheus, Calvin and Zwingli , Luther and . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a conversation that you will have if you, at any point in your life, read a novel: You’ll dislike some aspect of it (let’s say the main character is flat and boring), you will voice this criticism of the novel (“the main character is flat and boring”), and then you will be told, no, that’s the point, he’s meant to be flat and boring, the book is an examination of the flat and boring. That brings us to Donna Tartt’s new book, The Goldfinch, which is made up of 771 lovely pages staring unblinking into the void. . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Friday! Here’s what you should read before you disappear into the weekend: At Postmodern Conservative , Peter Lawler is thinking about Strauss and Burke. Peter Leithart is reading about: Kant on aliens , modernism , loving life , Nelson Mandela , sophiology , and the fall of man. Dr. . . . . Continue Reading »

Happy Thursday! Here’s what we have for you today. Peter Leithart is reading about: Cornelius Van Til , the humanity of Christ, Ukraine , and bodies . Dr. Boli gets into the posters-for-your-dentist’s-office game . Here at First Thoughts , Phillip Cary writes about what God did not find . . . . Continue Reading »

Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos is still pondering the problems Scott Walker 2016 may face. Peter Leithart is reading about: the Puritans (more here ), ecclesiology . Tips from Dr. Boli : “An ordinary automobile will consume 6% less fuel if you name it Jeremy.” Here at . . . . Continue Reading »