
Oxford Arrival
My room is settled. The jetlag has (mostly) faded. And the splendor of this old, dear city settles around me, drapes…
My room is settled. The jetlag has (mostly) faded. And the splendor of this old, dear city settles around me, drapes…
If you are (as I like to imagine) an avid reader of my writing, then you will know that (in…
Humane Pursuits contributor Gracy Olmstead wrote this thought-provoking piece over at The American Conservative. An excerpt: Fonts are a form…
Anthony Esolen’s “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child.” Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student…
Abby Locker Moving in to your very own place after college is really exciting! Finally—no parents to tell you what…
A little perspective on what to do with the fact that there’s an online “you” who may not look like…
James Hoskins offers a useful critique of God’s Not Dead for all of those who find its central conflict—between a…
HP contributor Sarah Greek makes a case for the silliness of the “Ban Bossy” campaign, and the importance of the…
…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…
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,…
I should preface my next response to Rod Dreher by saying that, yes, I do read other stuff. I find…
You’ve seen the situation, even if it hasn’t happened to you. You’re at the baseball game with friends, and you…
Bill McClay and Ted McAllister’s new book challenges us to think in a tech-heavy age. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building…
The venerable Rod Dreher calls my attention to this piece which he calls “the ultimate millennial whine”. I think that…
Gracy Olmstead has penned a good piece over at The American Conservative on “Why Millennials Long for Liturgy.” (One of…
Would you still love your favorite artists if they did something bad? Would if it was something really, really, really…
Though not too many tenured professors would likely admit it, most know that, if they want things to stay as…