Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do, and sometimes it isn’t. The other night I had a flight to Atlanta and was lucky to get upgraded to business class. It was late, I was tired, and lights were low. People were reading, checking their phones, watching their tablets. I leaned back and drifted into half-slumber until a voice exclaimed, “Oh man, that’s f—-in’ awesome.” Continue Reading »
Front Porch Revolution
Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative
The Modern Supermarket Is a Miracle
Kyle Peterson, The American Spectator
When Did the Art World Get So Conservative?
Jerry Saltz, Vulture
The Board of Education’s decision to remove Christmas from the calendar has only succeeded in creating religious conflict. Continue Reading »
I am skeptical of memorials which work harder to bring their subject to life than mark its death, which is why I found respite in the book shop. There I picked up a copy of Lawrence Wright’s Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. It is an engrossing (the word used for enjoyment when enjoyment is a word one can’t use) read, detailing how Al Qaeada rose unnoticed except by a few unheard men before seizing everyone’s attention. The history feels like a warning. Continue Reading »
Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless Tongue
Adam Sternbergh, New York Magazine
The War Against Rest
Benjamin J. Dueholm, The Christian Century
The Fall of Facebook
Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic
An assault on free speech at an institute of higher education highlights both the power of rhetoric and the convenient philosophical inconsistency of identity politics.
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The Hard Work of Marriage
Zoe Heller, The New York Review of Books
Peter Thiel’s Guide to Building the Future
Isaiah Berg, Fare Forward
The Myth of Racist Britain
Mick Hume, Spiked
The Vatican is sponsoring this week (Nov 17–19) an international colloquium on the complementarity of man and woman in marriage called Humanum. It is sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith along with the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The curial sponsors reflect the broad import the Vatican is giving this three-day event, as well as its significance for ecumenism and inter-religious cooperation. Continue Reading »
William Giraldi’s Hold the Dark, its jacket copy proclaims, is “an Alaskan Oresteia.” The comparison is perfectly calibrated to grab and hold this failed Classicist’s attention, and I found myself puzzling over it as I read. Soldiers come home from war, Continue Reading »
In his helpful reviewof my recent work, Peter J. Leithart raises two important questions about the constructive argument advanced in A Brief Theology of Sport. I am grateful to Leithart for engaging with my work, and value the insightful nature of his comments. Nonetheless, a short response to his critique seems appropriate. Continue Reading »
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