Oxford Arrival
My room is settled. The jetlag has (mostly) faded. And the splendor of this old, dear city settles around me, drapes…
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Nostalgia in Pumpkins
If you are (as I like to imagine) an avid reader of my writing, then you will know that (in…
Let Them Make Fonts
Humane Pursuits contributor Gracy Olmstead wrote this thought-provoking piece over at The American Conservative. An excerpt: Fonts are a form…
Read This Book!
Anthony Esolen’s “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child.” Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
Tips To Secure Your New Place
Abby Locker Moving in to your very own place after college is really exciting! Finally—no parents to tell you what…
Dostoevsky and Your Facebook Self
A little perspective on what to do with the fact that there’s an online “you” who may not look like…
Atheist Crusading and Secular Indifference: James Hoskins on What “God’s Not Dead” Gets Wrong
James Hoskins offers a useful critique of God’s Not Dead for all of those who find its central conflict—between a…
Bring Back Bossy
HP contributor Sarah Greek makes a case for the silliness of the “Ban Bossy” campaign, and the importance of the…
Getting Upset About the Wrong Things in Disney Movies
…a Christian tradition. “Frozen is the most anti-Disney animated movie I’ve ever seen.” My latest post over at Aleteia. http://www.aleteia.org/en/arts-entertainment/article/getting-upset-about-the-wrong-things-in-disney-movies-a-christian-tradition-5845591317807104…
The Two Dimensional Jesus Problem
I am glad that The Son of God has been relatively successful. But I don’t plan on seeing it. That might mean that, ultimately,…
Rod Dreher on God as a MacGuffin
I should preface my next response to Rod Dreher by saying that, yes, I do read other stuff. I find…
How to Avoid the Kiss Cam
You’ve seen the situation, even if it hasn’t happened to you. You’re at the baseball game with friends, and you…
Why Place Matters
Bill McClay and Ted McAllister’s new book challenges us to think in a tech-heavy age. Brian Brown Brian Brown loves…
Millennials: Not Lazy, but Confused about the Meaning of “Work”
The venerable Rod Dreher calls my attention to this piece which he calls “the ultimate millennial whine”. I think that…
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…
Rod Dreher’s Woody Allen Paradox
Would you still love your favorite artists if they did something bad? Would if it was something really, really, really…
Victor Davis Hanson Misses the Mark: The Real Problem with Higher Ed
Though not too many tenured professors would likely admit it, most know that, if they want things to stay as…
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