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Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

3 Notes on the Kevin Willamson Firing - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Yesterday Kevin Williamson’s extremely short time at The Atlantic came to an abrupt end. There’s been no shortage of angst about it amongst conservatives and, thus, no shortage of panicky responses from the right and “he deserved it,” pieces from the […]

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

Why I Didn't March in the March for Our Lives | Mere Orthodoxy

The concerns of those who marched aren't trivial. Our response should not be glib dismissal. But we also have other responsibilities when we speak or march.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: The Value of Heaven

Mere Fidelity: The Value of Heaven

Jake MeadorFeaturedFormation

Longing and Hope in the Shadowlands | Mere Orthodoxy

Christians should not be surprised by unexpected resurrection. We should see in such things a sign of the coming resurrection and a testament to God's love.

JF ArnoldMere Fidelity

Book Club: Confessions, Book VII

Book Club: Confessions, Book VII

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

overselling the value of fistula surgery - Doctors Without Boredom

It turns out that fistulas aren't always as easy to fix as we thought, and sometimes the surgical "success" data are manipulated.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

overselling the value of fistula surgery - Doctors Without Boredom

It turns out that fistulas aren't always as easy to fix as we thought, and sometimes the surgical "success" data are manipulated.

Matthew Loftus

Wild Harbors, "Monument" - Doctors Without Boredom

Rocking out with Wild Harbors and their new record.

Matthew Loftus

Wild Harbors, "Monument" - Doctors Without Boredom

Rocking out with Wild Harbors and their new record.

Charlie ClarkFeaturedEconomics and Business

Let Us Now Praise Fractious Men: The Hillbilly as Economic Dissident

For all the outrage on the left over J. D. Vance's book, the economic visions of both the political left and Vance's technocrat elite are quite similar.

Matthew LoftusCulture

learning the tools that let you make your own tools - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs doesn’t want kids to learn to code. But he does think they should learn to build their own websites: To teach children how to own their own domains and make their own websites might seem a small thing. […]

Matthew LoftusCulture

learning the tools that let you make your own tools - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs doesn’t want kids to learn to code. But he does think they should learn to build their own websites: To teach children how to own their own domains and make their own websites might seem a small thing. […]