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Where Do We Get Our Oxygen?
Like many, I have been following the debate between R. R. Reno and Robert Miller about conservatism and the alleged triumph of capitalism. As I follow their debate, in...
Wendell Berry’s Marriage Reversal
Wendell Berryโs recent self-described โgeneral declarationโ in support of โhomosexual marriageโ shocked many, fans and critics alike. Berry, who once wrote that marriage โcannot be altered to suit convenience...
What Wendell Berry Got Right About Gay Marriage
In January, at Georgetown College in Kentucky, Wendell Berry made a speech declaring his support for gay marriage. In February, I wrote a summary and analysis of Berryโs speech...
From the April First Things: โWendell Berryโs Marriage Reversalโ
Wendell Berry’s recent self-described “general declaration” in support of “homosexual marriage” shocked many, fans and critics alike. Berry, who once wrote that marriage “cannot be altered to suit convenience...