B. D. McClay is a junior fellow at First Things.
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B. D. McClay
Happy Monday! I hope everybody had a good weekend. Here’s some of what we had for you read over the weekend: At Postmodern Conservative , Carl Scott is a voice connoisseur and Peter Lawler thinks the brave new world isn’t coming. A selection of Peter Leithart’s posts: more on N. . . . . Continue Reading »
Now it’s really Friday. Before you shuffle off into parts unknown, take a look at what we wrote for you today: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos gets into the headline game. Peter Leithart continues to think about Exodus and read the Times Literary Supplement . On the Square . . . . Continue Reading »
Yet another Thursday where I completed the whole day before realizing that it was not Friday has gone by, and here’s some stuff for you to read: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos thinks about what it will take for Hillary Clinton to become President , Carl Scott refuses to tie . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s Wednesday! Here’s some stuff for you to read: Peter Lawler has a quiz over at Postmodern Conservative : your choices are TRUE, FALSE, or ESSAY. Peter Leithart has a post on Exodus and also a post on mimesis : “Are any of these [societal] roles me, or am I someone else who . . . . Continue Reading »
Shirley Jacksons novel, The Haunting of Hill House, opens with what deserves to be one of the most famous first paragraphs in American literature, an unexpected meditation on sanity. . . . Continue Reading »
Hello! It’s Tuesday. Did you have a nice long weekend? Did you even have a long weekend? (If you are a veteran, I hope you did.) Over at Postmodern Conservative, Carl Scott watched 12 Years a Slave (spoilers: he liked it), and has some thoughts about the film and Walker Percy. Pete Spiliakos . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s Friday. Here’s some reading for you as we head into the weekend: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Peter Lawler posts about the DECONSTRUCTION of MARRIAGE. Peter Leithart has blog posts on Revelation , N. T. Wright , and the Queen of the Sciences (er, Humanities). Advice from . . . . Continue Reading »
At Postmodern Conservative , James Ceasar writes about the “utter indifference” displayed toward people losing their health insurance. Peter Leithart is reading Michael Polanyi’s Personal Knowledge , opening his posts on the book with why we don’t understand the Copernican . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Wednesday! Here’s what we have for you today: At Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos writes on how to create a pro-life atmosphere in purple places. Peter Leithart is writing today on Plotinus , political theology , and Giacomo Leopardi’s book of hodgepodge . Dr. Boli reads . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s somehow, inevitably, Tuesday today. And here’s what we have for you to read: At Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos talks about the new Republicans (more on that here ), Carl Scott decries lies (and the lying liars who tell them), and Peter Lawler continues to talk . . . . Continue Reading »
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