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Why We Can’t Face Evil
According to Charlotte Gordon’s NYTBR review, Michael Knox Beran’s Murder by Candlelight “asks us to consider our own hearts…
Musicophilia
The NYT‘s obituary for Oliver Sacks mentions that his 2007 Musicophilia was written partly in response to Steven…
Producers vs. Scribes?
At the Liberty Law site, my friend John McGinnis has a very interesting post on what he…
Bret Stephens and Trump
The Donald Trump phenomenon continues, and so does the commentary upon it. In the Wall Street Journal, Bret…
First Links — 9.2.15
Law, Naturally Jonah C. P. Goldberg, New Rambler The Social Injustice Done to Adjunct Faculty: A Call to…
Singulars and Plurals
Psalm 1 pronounces a blessing on the “man who does not walk in the counsel of the…
The Scapegoater
A couple of weeks back, I suggested that part of Trump’s appeal lies in the fact that he resists…
To Dissolve the People
Bret Stephens is fed up with Trumpism and he’s not gonna take it anymore. As his column in…
Libertarian Youth
Last year, the New York Times Magazine published an article pondering whether the “Libertarian Moment” has come…
First Links — 9.1.15
Sabbath Oliver Sacks (RIP), New York Times Amazon and the Limits of Consent Charlie Clark, Fare Forward…
Eve Tushnet’s Spirituality of Humiliation
Eve Tushnet’s new self-published novel Amends (available as an e-book or a paperback) is peak Tushnet: there are…
International Law and Religion Competition in Venice
The Fondazione Marcianum, a research center in Venice, will hold its second annual international law-and-religion moot court…
How To Create Church Fights
Denominational Christianity is a safety-valve. When things get too hot in a congregation, one or the other…
Shoes and Holy Ground
In a recent Theopolis lecture, James Jordan pointed to the ritual of Ruth 4 to explain the…
Why Evangelical Films Fail
I went to a screening of Woodlawn last Saturday. Directed by Birmingham brothers Jon and Andrew Erwin,…
