John Cleese on Monty Python and the State of Comedy
Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal
In Defense of Homer
Kate Havard, The Washington Free Beacon
The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism
Adrian Chen, The Nation
The Museum
Yves Bonnefoy, The Poetry Foundation
Wonder and the Ends of Inquiry
Lorraine Daston, The Point
Literary Fight Clubs
Elaine Showalter, Prospect Magazine
Distributism Isn’t Outdated
James Mumford, The American Conservative
Readers of First Things who are teachers and administrators at secular colleges know what happens in formal and informal discussions of student conduct when someone mentions the word “chastity.” Continue Reading »
In a recent article for Christianity Today, Ed Stetzer offers some sociological analysis as to why Pentecostals continue to experience growth despite trends of decline or stagnation among many forms of Christianity. His three reasons coalesce around the distinctive Pentecostal doctrine of a baptism . . . . Continue Reading »
Nearly a century ago, Margaret Sanger promoted birth control as a way to put an end to poverty. That meant educating the poor in its methods. But she knew that this would be successful only to a certain degree. There’s a significant portion of society, made up of “irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over their numbers. Many of this group are diseased, feeble-minded, and are of the pauper element dependent upon the normal and fit members of society for their support. There is no doubt in the minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be stopped.” Continue Reading »
Liberty and the Environment
Ronald Bailey, The New Atlantis
Reason and the Republic of Opinion
Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic
Interstellar Isn’t About Religion (and Also It Is Totally About Religion)
Megan Garber, The Atlantic
St. Aelred of Rievaulx’s Spiritual Friendship has been getting a lot of attention recently, and justifiably so. Friendship—close, intimate friendship—always deserves our time and attention. A few things stood out to me as I read this short treatise.First, Aelred’s insistence that friendship is eternal: “Friendship is indeed everlasting. Hence a friend loves always.” Friendship’s aim extends beyond this world to heaven, for “the true and eternal friendship that begins here is perfected there.” Continue Reading »
How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No.1?
Keith Gessen, Vanity Fair
The Rise of Christianity in China
Jasmil Anderlini, Financial Times Magazine
How Numbers on Facebook Change Behavior
Shirley Li, The Atlantic
Are Democrats Losing the Youth Vote?
Mark Bauerlein, The New York Times
The Sacred Project of American Society
Cole Carnesecca, Fare Forward
Clearing the Air
Steven F. Hayward, The Weekly Standard
Good Ol’ Future Boys: Interstellar and Sci-Fi’s Obsession with Americana
Phil Hoad, The Guardian
A new selection of the writings of Dietrich von Hildebrand has both historical and contemporary significance.
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