The Stump

Heroic Romanticism

It's entirely possible that many will give up human relationships, turning instead to the safety and predictability of technology, like an AI companion

1.5 Speed to Nowhere

Over the decades, I suppose I learned a lot from podcasts; plenty of facts and all the “sides” to stories. Very little of those things seem to matter to me now

On Being Indifferent

The politics of Jesus are “brutally modest.” “Jesus’ life seems to have been mostly one of local, familial labor and relations, carried out in the compass of a small town or village . . .

Taking a Turn Taking it on the Chin

But the attacks on higher education are also part of a broader trend, which devalues work itself, especially work motivated by love

What’s in a Name?

We all have the power to name ourselves—collectively, not individually

Sowing Winter Wheal: Preparing Seed and Soil for the New Era

As my hibernal title indicates, my sense is that this trajectory will be difficult.

An Inside Job

It’s time to give the kids a better life script, to give them something more to aspire to than slumping over a screen for the rest of their lives.

Rooting for Front Porch Journalism

This year the big boys dominated.

Andrew Tate and the Right we Need

Above all, our culture needs an inward right. We need a right wing concerned with the soul and its restoration.

It is Not Good to Read (Only) Alone

But there still remains room for us to read books in community today