The Archive

Every essay.

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

A Different Kind of Demonstration

So remember when I promised to write about whether or not homosexuality is a sin and then I disappeared? Sorry about that. I am constantly drafting the post in my

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Baptized Consumerism - An Argument for Christendom

Cross posted at Notes from a Small Place. It started with a quote posted on Peter Leithart's blog. If memory serves, it came from the pen of Collin

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Dangers of New Media (Losing Reality)

Losing Reality:  New Media and our Relation to the World G.K. Chesterton did not offer his social criticism in essay form only.  His novels are full of commentary, such

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Dangers of New Media (Authenticity Online)

There is a deeper problem, however, with communicating online. It is crucial in communication—whether in person or online—to be as authentic as possible.  As new media are communally

TexLiterature

The same old New World?

Since the discovery of the American continent, Europeans saw the land I call home as the objectification of Nature, good and bad.  Coming to a relatively unpopulated region, the European

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Dangers of New Media (On Shared Space)

Why is shared space important for non-instrumental interaction? For one, in the “non-instrumental and…moral” communication that Schultze highlights, an enormous amount of content is transmitted non-verbally.

Christopher BensonUncategorized

The Conundrum of Modern Art: Complexity versus Complicatedness

Terry Teachout, the drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, wrote a fascinating article that was buried in the weekend edition of the June 26th newspaper, "Too Complicated for

TexPro-LifeEconomics and Business

The (Economic?) Case for Babies

I’m in the market for babies and, based on the research, it’s prime time to be having them.  Happily married, financially stable, and with a happiness quotient that

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Dangers of New Media (Deficiencies and Dangers)

The Deficiencies and Dangers of Online Communication One of the chief reasons I began blogging, and why most people began blogging, was because it increased my opportunities to “connect” with like-minded people.  Suddenly, people across the world with unique interests […]

Jake MeadorPoliticsHistoryEthicsPhilosophyPolitical TheoryembodimentLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticePolitical Theology

Arguing with George William Curtis

I'd never heard of George William Curtis before this past Saturday. A quote of his popped up on my friend's facebook wall, in what I assume

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Dangers of New Media (The Coming Peril)

G.K. Chesterton, one of Christianity’s most prolific writers in the twentieth century corroborates the point.  In a speech in the 1930s, Chesterton offered this prophetic analysis: The coming

Christopher BensonLiterature

The Genius of the Land

In my first post on O Pioneers! I mistakenly drew a historical contrast between the modern project of "marking on the land" and a postmodern project of "