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The beginning of a New Year—and a new decade—is an an excellent time to try something new. As you make your list of resolutions and goals I want to recommend adding a simple four step process that could transform your life by, quite literally, changing your mind. After reading the entire . . . . Continue Reading »

Cory Doctorow on society’s bibliophilia : After years of writing and talking and thinking about books, I’ve come to a simple but important realization: I love books. Not just reading them or owning them—I have a deeply sentimental attachment to the very idea of the book. And . . . . Continue Reading »

The Christian Telegraph reports that Swedish government seizes child from home schooling family : Swedish authorities forcibly removed Dominic Johansson from his parents, Christer and Annie Johansson, in June of last year from a plane they had boarded to move to Annie’s home country of India. . . . . Continue Reading »

Over on Evangel, Paul McCain republishes an article by Pastor Peter Speckhard , nephew of Fr. Neuhaus, advocating for the institution of temple prostitution. Fortunately, the piece can still be considered satire (though that will likely change in the next few years): What are the biggest problems, . . . . Continue Reading »

Thomas Schelling has a sobering article explaining why nuclear disarmament could make the world a more dangerous place: In summary, a “world without nuclear weapons” would be a world in which the United States, Russia, Israel, China, and half a dozen or a dozen other countries would . . . . Continue Reading »

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise, the Princeton-bound Midwestern striver Amory Blaine says, “I don’t know why, but I think of all Harvard men as sissies, like I used to be, and all Yale men as wearing big blue sweaters and smoking pipes.” Thinking this was a . . . . Continue Reading »

Similar to Hunter , who was surprised to find that Avatar was more than a “left-wing, pantheistic film,” my favorite localist apologist, Caleb Stegall , found something to appreciate in the recent blockbuster: It is curious to me that this movie has so obviously touched a raw nerve and . . . . Continue Reading »

Over on the Evangel blog, Nathan Martin has an interview with author and social critic Os Guinness : When was the first time you heard the term “Evangelical”? It is deeply written into the tradition of our family. My great great grandfather, who founded the Guinness Brewing Company, was . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark Steyn makes an interesting observation about the cultural “bilingualism”: Years ago, apropos a Spanish-language payphone in Vermont, I said I couldn’t understand why any country would voluntarily become bilingual. If you happen to find yourself in one for historic reasons, . . . . Continue Reading »

There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth. — Victor Borge Comedians aren’t often known for their critical thinking skills and Mr. Spock —the Vulcan embodiment of cool logic—wasn’t known for his jokes. So at first glance it might . . . . Continue Reading »