Why Place Matters
Bill McClay and Ted McAllister’s new book challenges us to think in a tech-heavy age. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building…
Why Charity Shouldn’t Be Private
American giving is getting more and more public, and that’s a good thing. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments,…
Re: Why Millennials Long for Liturgy
Gracy Olmstead has penned a good piece over at The American Conservative on “Why Millennials Long for Liturgy.” (One of…
The Church Needs Hobbits
Not everyone needs to be a St. Thomas Aquinas. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that…
How Primitive Sociology is Killing the Church of England
Why “the language of East Enders, not Shakespeare” is actually dated, not modern. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments,…
Three Winter Drinks You Need to Know How to Make
When your cold beer and gin and tonic have gone out of season, here are three recipes to brighten your…
Why Harry Potter is Great Literature
In which I risk all my friendships with people who read. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and…
The Quest for Me
People want space to develop their talents and identities. And that’s precisely what prevents them from doing so. Brian BrownBrian…
Saving the World, Professionalized
As Emma’s Mr. Knightley demonstrates, effective public service doesn’t necessarily come from joining the political class. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves…
Why Men Like Jane Austen
From soldiers in the trenches to modern Millennial guys, the secret to why dudes read chick novels. Or at least…
J.K. Rowling’s London
The Harry Potter author’s new mystery is the latest in a beautiful tradition: authors illuminating the city they love. Brian…
How to Drink Virtuously
Wine is for thinking as much as for drinking. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that…
Why Don’t Kids Like Facebook Any More?
It’s not because you got on Facebook. It’s because of why. (A letter to parents.) Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building…
A Tale of Two Teachers
There is only one honest response to a world of moral and aesthetic anarchy, which is to live one’s life…
To Your Very Good Health
How a culture approaches drinking can be a sign of moral illness…or a road back from it. Brian BrownBrian Brown…
Fixing a Place
You have to love a place–not an idealized Place–before you can fix it. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments,…
The Importance of Spontaneity
Good social media is like the good life: unplanned. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that…
Now That We’re All Haters…
Young people don’t want to play for a losing team whose objective is a national stranglehold on people’s happiness. So…
The Trouble with Downton Abbey
Why Masterpiece Classic thinks I should have liked it…and why I didn’t. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits,…
Enlisting the Amateurs
How nonprofits can raise more money and do more good by empowering their donors. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the…