Editors & Writers, and How They Get Along, or Don’t
by David MillsOur friend and writer Alan Jacobs offers his thoughts on What editors think of writers , using as a taxonomy John Simon’s description of working with Auden (sloppy but easy-going), Trilling (willing to be convinced), and Barzun (don’t touch a thing, you inferior being). He . . . . Continue Reading »
First Links — 2.15.13
by Matthew CantirinoA Map of Non-European Popes Geographic Travels The Erotic Politics of Benedict XVI John Milbank, ABC Religion & Ethics The Enlightenment’s Race Problem, and Ours Justin E. H. Smith, The Stone Are There Limits to Religious Liberty? Nathaniel Torrey, Juicy Ecumenism The Evolution of the . . . . Continue Reading »
“Fertility Is Going to Go Up”: Jason Collins
by Eve Tushnetblogs: In my latest working paper, co-authored with Oliver Richards, we argue that recent fertility increases in developed countries may only be the beginning. From the abstract: We propose that the recent rise in the fertility rate in developed countries is the beginning of a broad-based increase . . . . Continue Reading »
Just Give It Up, Starting Now
by David MillsA little late, but worth (I hope) pointing you to even so, my reflection on the old practice of a special abstinence in Lent, Just Give It Up . It begins: Our eldest, then about two years old, one day announced “I want . . . ” but did not finish the sentence. My wife and I waited for her . . . . Continue Reading »
Not Everyone Who Seems Like a Serious Reader Is One, Teju Cole
by Helen AndrewsI lost my taste for rhapsodies to the power of reading—rhapsodies like Teju Cole’s—around the same time I became a halfway competent reader. It was two months into what would become a twelve-month period of unemployment, and I had come to realize that the reading style that got me through . . . . Continue Reading »
That Seventies President
by Pete SpiliakosIn this thread, Peter Lawler wonders if maybe Obama’s “progressivism isn’t rhetorical (like Wilson wanted) but stealthy.” Now any attempt to abstract a person is going to be of limited utility, but I let’s try this point of view: maybe Obama is, on domestic policy, a . . . . Continue Reading »
Gentlemen and Gentlewomen in an Ungentle Society
by Joseph KnippenbergI’m currently teaching a course on the family in political thought. The reading list is inspired by, but does not slavishly follow, Scott Yenor’s very good book, Family Politics . (And yes, Ryan Anderson, I have assigned What Is Marriage? ) As we wrapped up our consideration of . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Square Today
by The EditorsJohn Daniel Davidson notes another federal court has found fault with the contraception mandate : In its 2-1 ruling, the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted the company’s case was especially compelling because Grote is self-insured and there is no third-party insurance company . . . . Continue Reading »
Thurber on Soapland
by David MillsThe comments on the nature of soap operas I quoted earlier in relation to Downton Abbey reminded me of James Thurber’s series on soap operas from the early forties, which appeared first in The New Yorker (here’s the first of the series , though available only to subscribers) . . . . Continue Reading »
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