A Bit on Fourteeners
I don’t know why I was thinking about this most amusing of meters this morning, but it occurs to me that our good readers might help me add to the…
Conservative Link Tank
RIP John Shawcross, Milton scholar. How Top Gun killed the American movie. Jerry Salyer warns against (and admits the inevitability of) a knee-jerk Europhobia. Leonard Davis demonstrates the painful insularity…
Fellowship of the Link
Rita Koganzon critiques the latest developmental category, “emerging adulthood.” Stanley Fish laments the apparent demise of the humanities in Obama’s State of the Union speech. James Ryerson ponders (and narrates)…
Eat, Link, and Be Merry
Gene Fant talks University Statements of Faith. Why Sherlock Holmes matters. Are non-overlapping magisteria a myth? Fred Sanders counsels writers on learning the craft. Aikido and the Art of the…
A Link or Eight for to Ponder and Meditate
Susan McWilliams laments that Modern Family has benefits that actual modern life has stripped away from most families. Patrick Deneen wonders whether 18th-century liberalism had inherent in its project the…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 23: Fandom and Fanaticism
We’re a little rusty, but give us a break: It’s been a month. Also: No bibliography today. Also also: Our special guest is my wife, Victoria Reynolds Farmer. General Introduction…
LOST: The Nature of the Smoke Monster
SPOILER DISCLAIMER: Out of respect for Hulu watchers, TiVo devotees, Netflix subscribers, and other folks who didn’t watch the Superbowl-length extravaganza on May 23, I’ve waited until now to start…
LOST: Purgatory is Other People
SPOILER DISCLAIMER: Out of respect for Hulu watchers, TiVo devotees, and other folks who didn’t watch the Superbowl-length extravaganza on May 23, I’ve waited until now to start writing about…