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Matthew LoftusFamily

the life-changing magic of having things to share - Doctors Without Boredom

Comment Magazine’s Seerveld Prize Winners have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight Matt Miller’s entry in particular: Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistory

"making human life safe for human beings" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fine essay by James Poulos on the failure of “mass enlightenment” to occur via technology and the urge of the institutional elites to add more technology to fix the problem: On those premises, the internet arose. By […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistory

"making human life safe for human beings" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fine essay by James Poulos on the failure of “mass enlightenment” to occur via technology and the urge of the institutional elites to add more technology to fix the problem: On those premises, the internet arose. By […]

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Ten Theses on the Bible, Poverty, and Justice | Mere Orthodoxy

Political societies should not simply secure certain negative rights for their members, but should also make it easier for people to be good.

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

vulnerable children and orphanages - Doctors Without Boredom

This investigation by ProPublica into an orphanage and school in Liberia often reads like a checklist of what not to do when running an aid project overseas: Lack of oversight on the ground. Lack of trained or experienced staff running programs. […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

vulnerable children and orphanages - Doctors Without Boredom

This investigation by ProPublica into an orphanage and school in Liberia often reads like a checklist of what not to do when running an aid project overseas: Lack of oversight on the ground. Lack of trained or experienced staff running programs. […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics

colonizing Mars won't be nearly as exciting as we think - Doctors Without Boredom

Micah Meadowcroft is in top form with this essay at The New Atlantis about the letdown that colonizing Mars could be: Consider your place in our interplanetary future. Let us speculate. Suppose that SpaceX or some similar enterprise has succeeded, […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics

colonizing Mars won't be nearly as exciting as we think - Doctors Without Boredom

Micah Meadowcroft is in top form with this essay at The New Atlantis about the letdown that colonizing Mars could be: Consider your place in our interplanetary future. Let us speculate. Suppose that SpaceX or some similar enterprise has succeeded, […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

7 Theses on Christians and Politics for Election Day | Mere Orthodoxy

Christians should not opt out of the work of partisan politics, but should locate that narrow work within a broader Christian political witness.

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

love in a time of really nasty politics - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciate everything that Judy Wu Dominick writes, and this reflection on “loving your political frenemies” is no exception: I still ache over the anguish of some and the bigotry of others, but this prayer discipline has chipped away […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

love in a time of really nasty politics - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciate everything that Judy Wu Dominick writes, and this reflection on “loving your political frenemies” is no exception: I still ache over the anguish of some and the bigotry of others, but this prayer discipline has chipped away […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

better birth outcomes for black babies and their mothers - Doctors Without Boredom

There is more and more data coming out about the risk of death for black mothers and their babies in America, so I was really encouraged to read this article about using the Centering Pregnancy model of care for black […]