The Archive
Christopher Benson
Blogging has several functions. One function that I particularly enjoy is broadcasting what’s “out there,” an appropriately vague phrase to capture the bewildering number of events, films, and books that deserve attention. I informed Mere O readers about recent films […]
Christopher BensonUncategorized
The Title Waiting for Mr. Benson's Book
Christopher Benson
Why do people fail to acknowledge the reality of evil? My progressive friends––a list which is getting shorter and shorter––were baffled by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. They lacked a vocabulary and worldview to describe what happened. […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Over the past few months, I have been incredibly grateful for the incredible feedback and support in my hour of need: coming up with a title for my yet unfinished book. It’s an enormous challenge to name a book (though […]
Christopher BensonPhilosophy
Postmodernism: What Hath Paris to Do with Jerusalem?
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
How to (Not) Change the World (Especially for DC Residents)
Christopher Benson
Maya Angelou says he “thinks like a sage, acts like a warrior and writes like a poetical prophet.” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says he is “the pre-eminent African-American intellectual of our generation.” And Marian Wright Edelman says he is “one […]
Christopher BensonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The Culture Wars Played Out in the American Cinema House
Tex
Vital spark of heav’nly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister […]
Jake MeadorUncategorized
What makes good writing?
Christopher BensonMusic
The Double Entendre of African-American Music: A Lesson for the Church
TexUncategorized
The Rebel and the Cause