The End of Civilization?
by Mark BauerleinTracy Lee Simmons joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book Being Civilized. Continue Reading »
Those People
by Ephraim RadnerSometimes I will exclaim, when dealing with irritating and difficult people on the phone, “What’s wrong with these people?” Actually I do this a lot, not just on the other end of the phone, but in the face of this or that author, car driver, or person standing ahead of me in the cashier’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Columbia’s Crumbling Core
by David AcevedoThe Great Books will live on one way or another, but if recent trends are any indication, there will be no Core Bicentennial to celebrate. Continue Reading »
Imperial Selves and Deteriorating Persons
by M. D. AeschlimanBoth arrant trumpery and much of our current “Great Awakening” are lethal to Western civilization, of which we are the beneficiaries and should be the guardians. Continue Reading »
Stefan Zweig, European Man
by Joseph EpsteinThe Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 384 pages, $30 The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 720 pages, $14.99 The World of Yesterday by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell . . . . Continue Reading »
The Taming of the Beau
by Aimee ByrdWoman was not made to save civilization, nor to civilize man. She was made to be a companion to him, a necessary ally. But as we see throughout Scripture, since sin entered the world woman can function as either his ally or his opponent. Continue Reading »
Who Are You?
by Andrew BacevichThe Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order By Samuel P. Huntington. Simon &Schuster, 367 pages, $26. Widely heralded prognostications to the contrary notwithstanding, history has not ended. Rather, it continues to advance, implacable and perverse as ever. Indeed, according to this . . . . Continue Reading »
Trespassers
by Diane BondsHalf a day’s detour to Gran Quivira—and we arrive, near sunset,to find a locked gate across the road. . . . . Continue Reading »
Godly Cooking? Theological Ethics and Technological Society
by Max L. StackhouseEvery civilization has had its own ways of getting materials out of the bio-physical environment in order to feed, clothe, and house people, and to move people and things from where they are to where we want them to go. People with technical abilities know how to do things, how to make instruments . . . . Continue Reading »
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