Caleb Stegall

Caleb Stegall
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Caleb Stegall lives in Jefferson County, Kansas.

Recent Essays

Norman Borlaug, RIP

Norman Borlaug has died, and Joe Carter calls him the world's greatest unknown hero and says that "few men have ever done more good...

First They Came for the Horses

  Jefferson County, Kansas. The following is a short excerpt from a longer essay in the forthcoming book The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry, co-edited by...

Dreher, Cheney, the Law

Our fellow Porcher Rod Dreher says Dick Cheney is an outlaw. Of course he is right, after a certain manner of speaking, and I have...

How Many Evangelicals Does it Take to Comment on an Encyclical?

68 apparently.  I had to laugh when I saw this.  I recognize many of them as my interlocutors from the old New Pantagruel days. ...

How We Solve Problems in Small Town America

I'm still on my summer blogging hiatus, but this artifact was too good to pass up.  Seen at local post office this afternoon.

Against Pets

The tractors came.  The horses Stood in the fields, keepsakes, grew old, and died.  Or were sold as dogmeat.  Our minds received the revolution of engines, our will stretched...

Carrots in Vermicelli*

The following is not intended to upset our happily balanced ecumenical apple cart ... As a Scots-Presbyterian of old psalm singing austerity, I tend to enjoy...

Can’t Buy Me Love

The folks at First Things have been kind enough to ignore my lame punning and respond to some of my criticisms, which has resulted...

Race, Localism, and the Problem of Over-Articulation: A Further Response to First Things

Joe Carter, managing editor of First Things, has been gracious enough to put up with my jokes at his boss's expense, so forthwith, I...

C’mon Do the Pomocomotion With Me

A few impressions on the state of play. 1.  Agree with JMW that this exchange has not been very helpful, and reiterate first thought that...

Place as Gift, Freedom

Good Lord, blogging is bad for the soul.  That is a confession, not a violation of the Third Commandment, for those of you keeping...