The Common Sense of John Searle
The twentieth-century philosopher Wilfrid Sellars drew an influential distinction between “the manifest image,” which is the way…
Petrarch: Rime Sparse 81
I am so wearied by the ancient weightOf my own sins, by my bad habits’ load,I go…
Canterbury Fails
When it was announced in October that the next archbishop of Canterbury would be a woman with…
Taming the Tongue
On October 14, Politico reported on a group chat in which leaders of various Young Republicans groups…
Kings, Behold and Wail
I was a full-time parish priest at a time when we still visited people in their homes.…
Strange Gods
We promised Joshua that we would servethe god who brought us to this land. Of course.We took…
While We’re At It
The indispensable data analyst Ryan Burge reports a slight uptick in belief in the afterlife. A…
Briefly Noted
The Book of Mormon simultaneously affirms the Bible and challenges its uniqueness, with the stated purpose to…
Overcoming Nihilism
Shoah is the Hebrew word for catastrophic ruin and unmitigated disaster. It appears in Psalm 35 as…
We Were Jesus Freaks
Hey you, I’m into Jesus,” I sang, driving to school in my 1988 Buick Park Avenue, the…
On an Iced Handrail
Sunlight coruscates the ice and glitters,turning the chipped, green handrail to a rayof emerald only on display…
Sounds of Kyoto
iThey intensifythe courtyard’s evening chill,the dragon flutes,soaring with other woodwindsthrough variations of shrill. iiIs it the bronzeor…
False Patriots
November 5, 2024, was one of the most joyous days of my life. Like 77,302,580 of my…
Rome and Immigration
The West is being roiled by populism. Voters are increasingly bitter about the effects of globalization, which…
Sportsmanship and the Season of Our Discontents
In early October, a dinner conversation with an old friend turned to why we both find the…
