Rule-Governed Games

by Peter J. Leithart

Games are not free-for-all zones, but are zones strictly governed by rules. Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2014

If You Say So

by Sally Thomas

Okay, so, I’m thinking Dante —Dude, I know he’s a poet. No, I don’t really know what they do, either. Wait, wait, he’s a poet, but he’s, like, a poet . . . warrior. With a sword. You know, “The sword is mightier than the pen.” Whatever. Anyway, so he . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2009

We’re Gonna Rock Your Socks Off. Righteously.

by Sally Thomas

Doesn’t anybody play air guitar any more? Dude, you say. Air guitar? You mean, like, just . . . listening to some loud music and . . . pretending? Yeah, see, back in the day, what you would do was, you would put on a record in your room. A record. It’s a big round thing that comes in a . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2009

Vaticanopoly

by Joseph Bottum

It’s “a hybrid of Monopoly, Risk and Clue—with a bit of theological Chutes-and-Ladders thrown in for good measure,” says one player. According to The Tablet,During the course of their careers, players “Take a Stand” on weighty theological and moral issues, . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Apr 2009

Humility Postscript

by Austin Stone

Bouncing off the point I make in that last post , I’ll present a conundrum: Why is it that the most humble people I know also tend to be the most violent (sometimes physically, more often intellectually)? Those friends of mine who are most skeptical of dogmatism (especially rationalism, the . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2009

Eros lo Volt-watch

by Austin Stone

Apparently there being soul in cyberspace means that there’s adultery and divorce in cyberspace as well: "I went mad — I was so hurt. I just couldn’t believe what he’d done," Taylor told the Western Morning News. "It may have started online, but it existed . . . . Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2008