Delighting in Death?

by Carl R. Trueman

Why do many see abortion as a positive good? Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2015

Pascalian Politics

by Peter J. Leithart

An ascetic politics that renounces political interest and is skeptical of political judgment, but is passionate for political advocacy. Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2015

The (Non) Religion of Sport

by Carl R. Trueman

For all of the quasi-religious fervor surrounding the Super Bowl, sport is not a religion.
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30 Jan 2015

Carl’s Rock Songbook #60: David Bowie, “Fame”

by Carl Scott

We left off the analysis of ALMOST FAMOUS at the key point, where we were about to get into what it says about Rock and Fame. That is a complicated subject, because you need to consider the phenomenon of Fame itself, before you get into what Rock does with it. Bowie’s deliberately sour song is . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2012

Human Condition v. Human Nature: My Response to Chantal Delsol

by Carl Scott

In the thread below, Chantal Delsol graciously responded to my observation that her more recent book had dropped the occasional references to human nature used in earlier books. While still utilizing the term “natural” to reference to certain biological determinations, she affirmed that . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2012

Carl’s Rock Songbook #34: The Kinks, “Waterloo Sunset”

by Carl Scott

Man’s greatness comes from knowing he is wretched.   Pascal This entry will wrap up the Songbook’s oft-interrupted series of “loneliness and individualism songs,” all from 1965-1967, which by way of review, began with The Beach Boys’ “That’s Not Me,” . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2012

Between Berry and Pascal?

by Austin Stone

I’m quoting a fairly lengthy portion of our own Peter Lawler’s essay on technology because it does a tantalizing job of raising some fair but serious questions about the limits of Wendell Berry’s — or anyone else’s — dedication to nature as the site of whole . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2008

Modernity and Restlessness

by Austin Stone

One of the hallmarks of the modern conception of man is a kind of anxious inquietude — we struggle to ovecome the diremption and alienation that haunts our consciousness. In the Lockean account,  our restlessness is a function of our distance from nature — our capacity for . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2008