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CultureJake Meador

You Cannot Escape First Principles: The Right-Wing Leninism of National Conservatism

National conservatism reduces politics down to little more than "who, whom?" which was a Leninist idea before it was a dissident right idea.

CultureFormationMatthew Loftus

Aldous Huxley’s Delicious Moral Treats Emporium

If people keep stoking the fires of moral outrage, we are likely to see more murders like Brian Thompson’s before the close of the decade.

Eddie LaRowCulture

Lincoln's Constitutionalism

If anyone would be, surely Lincoln could be justified in thinking our constitutional order had failed. But he did not. Instead, he responded to national crisis by doubling down on the Constitution.

CultureJohn ReasnorFormation

Alypius, Public Executions, and the Formation of Souls

To view death as entertainment or spectacle harms our soul even more than the act of execution harms the inmate's body.

BooksCultureDaniel Bennett

We Need More Religion in Public Life, Not Less

Kaemingk and Hamid believe our democratic order may be revived just yet, starting with more religion, not less.

CultureChurchSarah Rexford

'What Is the Meaning of Christian In This American Life?'

Stepping out of the modern church taught me more about Jesus than anything I learned inside it.

FamilyCultureChristine AgarwalFormation

Children of the Wasted Lands

Listen carefully to the stories being told to you, and choose wisely which ones to listen to.

Michelle Van LoonBooksCulture

Seeking Reconciliation Between Israelis and Palestinians

'On Reconciliation' is an invitation to readers to imagine themselves beyond the headlines and horrors, in a room where former enemies can begin to repair the world together.

FormationCultureMarc Sims

Tolstoy's Path Out of Skepticism

Tolstoy's disillusionment with decadent Christianity initially made him a skeptic. But over time he couldn't maintain his skepticism and he began to doubt his doubts.

CultureBooksJake Meador

Considering 'Fusionism'

These are the things I hope Stephanie Slade covers in her book.

The MagpieKirsten SandersCultureBooks

The Magpie #7: Concerning "Theory"

An encounter with the men who "made thinking feel like doing"

TechnologyCultureWritingKandace McCorrister

The World of Thinkers

I keep scrolling, mechanically moving through text and thoughts, thoughts and quotes. The poignant essay is already too many posts back to find again, and my brain is growing weary.