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Briefly Noted

Don’t set your expectations by this book’s academic imprint. Being God’s Image is, as the BibleProject’s Tim Mackie rightly describes it, “accessible.” Expect lots of exclamation points, but the author’s enthusiasm is generally infectious, not nauseating. Joy is her . . . . Continue Reading »

The Rise of Antihumanism

In 2009, one of Google’s self-driving cars came to an intersection with a four-way stop. It came to a halt and waited for other cars to do the same before proceeding through. Apparently, that is the rule it was taught—but of course, that is not what people do. So the robot car got completely . . . . Continue Reading »

What Makes Us Equal

After the 2016 election, when white working-class voters turned out for Donald Trump, the New York Times and the Washington Post sent their reporters to the hinterlands of Pennsylvania and West Virginia to see just what had happened. And off they went, like D.C. commuters sent . . . . Continue Reading »

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