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The Future and Its Enemies

For many, the future is a source of anxiety. Macbeth's temptation--to know with certainty the outcome of our lives--is powerful because it is common. Yet there

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The Controversial Case Against Adolescence

Here’s a litmus test: do you think there is anything intrinsic to being 16-years-old that incapacitates one from making important decisions about, say, marriage? If not, then

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Book Review: Our First Revolution

Michael Barone, a senior editor at US News and World Report, has written a gem of a history in his newest book Our First Revolution. While the American Revolution is

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Under Review: I am Charlotte Simmons

As someone interested in all things pertaining to education and the university, it was with no little eagerness that I picked up Tom Wolfe’s I Am Charlotte Simmons. When

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Neocons in their Own Words

To speak of the “birth and death of the neoconservative movement” would be a misnomer. After all, there was no such movement. Rather, as Irving Kristol argues, neoconservatism is a

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God's Secretaries

I have sometimes thought that the best way to learn history is not to read a textbook or historical synthesis, but to read about one event, one person, or one

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Death and Life: An American Theology

Arthur McGill is a relative unknown in American theology. His works have mostly been consigned to the "out-of-print" stacks. A quick Google search for "Arthur

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Book Review: Bringing Down the House

How did six MIT students beat Vegas (and a number of other casinos) at Blackjack? Bringing Down the House, the bestseller from Ben Mezrich, provides the fascinating details about a

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The Kingdom Triangle: The Decade's Most Important Book

We're seven years into the decade. It's possible to make that sort of claim. While Nancy Pearcey's Total Truth was leading the pack for

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Active Christian Media Review: The Train-of-Thought Writing Method

In writing, “The real question is: How do you effectively take [your] ideas and convert them to saleable manuscripts?” (xiii) Kathi Macias, journalist, essayist, editor, poet, and author, delivers a

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Saints Behaving Badly: A Book Review

The Christian Church is often accused of glossing over its own sins while condemning those of others, especially the Catholic Church, as it has a long history of sins to

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The Sweet and Mystical Beauty of George MacDonald's Phantastes

"Thus I, who set out to find my Ideal, came back rejoicing that I had lost my Shadow." – Anodos, Phantastes How shall I compose a review of a