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Grief in the White House
Parental bereavement is as profound as the lifelong changes that accompany it
Regenerative Agriculture and the Human Good with Ashley Fitzgerald
Cities always import more resources than they can produce. That's kind of the definition of a city.
Subservience to Progressive Little Notions
If beauty can save the world, maybe it can even save the art world.
Let us Converse Together (Without Our Phones)
Bilbro’s book is a careful study through profound literary texts about how we live in a world that has no patience for careful study through profound literary texts.
Minding Laurie Johnson’s Gap
[Cross-posted to In Medias Res] President Trump has been in office a month as of today, and the maelstrom of orders and actions which he has taken has elicited delight,…
Against Spreadsheet Brain and For Taking Action with Ashley Fitzgerald
There’s a type of guy, sometimes they're Silicon Valley guys, sometimes they're just tech bros, sometimes they're environmentalists who have lost their minds
Writing Exile and Reading Homeward
Here, then, is my homecoming of the imagination: to hold the past bright in memory, and to love also the saplings and the weeds of my exile.
On Nosferatu, Moloch, and AI
Sometimes, it’s okay to be scared. At the very worst, it’s just a story.
The Anti-Anxious Generation with Ashley Fitzgerald
So I'm wondering where the spirit of the American pioneer, where the culture of the can-do man has gone?
Writing for the Common Good
I can relate the vice of envy most closely with my own writing, because that’s my profession, and I’ve longed to be a professional novelist since I was in elementary…
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
"Is Christianity only politically efficacious in helping us determine who are our friends and who are our enemies?"
The Maps of Our Lives Point Homeward
Older and wiser, I have long learned that for all the times I wanted to visit far-away places, there is no place like home.
Reflection in a Glass Wall
The reflection looked like a vintage motion picture, only without those stilted movements.
Crafting the Ideal School: Finding a Balance Between High-Tech and the Hands
it is through the arts alone that the various branches of learning touch human life.
How to Raise Readers, in Thirty-Five Steps
It is not too much to say that everything in our culture pushes against habits
The AI Invasion: For Humans, It’s Becoming Harder to Write
No question about it: For writers like me, who would like nothing more than to do our own writing and thinking with dignity and intellectual honesty, it’s becoming harder to…
On Courage
Now – every moment, but now especially, this moment in history – is the time not to watch but to act.
