How Can We Appreciate the Earth?
Children are getting separated from the wild glory of the earth just as quickly as they are forgetting to read….
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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…
Enjoying Something Beautiful
A few moments of enjoying life (and language) the way we wish we could. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author,…
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…
Anarchy on Your Laptop
The battle for control of the Internet is rife with anarchism … and other passions. Bryan WandelBryan Wandel works in…
The Holiest Sports
On the seventh day, God rested. Yea, God kicked up his feet to watch the Broncos win with only two…
United We Shop
What binds our communities together? The centerpieces of our neighborhoods answer that question eloquently. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the…
In Praise of Neighbors
Lessons from childhood and graduate school: what moving to a new place has taught me about friendship, community, and interdependence….
Enjoy your Chicken, Mark Zuckerberg!
Mark Zuckerberg is killing animals. You may have seen the news: the Facebook founder’s new personal challenge for the year…
Social Media: A Solution, Not a Problem
A few minutes ago, Roger Scruton and Tyler Cowen debated the question of whether social media represent the end of…
Lament from a Hometown Refugee
Bryan Wandel Dear Buffalo Sabres, Last night, you lost Game Seven to the Philadelphia Flyers. You were knocked out of…
That’s Not Real Freedom
Miriel M. Thomas Earlier this month, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Phelps, a case involving the Westboro Baptist Church’s…
A Story of Sports and Losing Battles
You are the director of a large youth basketball league. Thousands of kids of all ages learn the game on…
Baseball and Civic Virtue
A few weeks ago, young Oakland pitcher Dallas Braden launched into a verbal tirade against Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s…
Lent on the Metro
My commute is too short for novels and too long for just standing around, so I’ve settled on poetry. I…
Angsters, Inc.
Are you post-evangelical? Are you postmodern? Are you post-caring? If so, a publication Adam just showed me may be for…