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Light Forevermore: The Luminosity of Blood Meridian
Blood and violence and death are on every page; however, trace that which has fallen back to the its original height, especially the moment in the barn where all the…
The Localist at the Capitol: A Conversation with Marie Glusenkamp Perez
"I don't particularly call myself an environmentalist. I love the Pinchot National Forest. My specific woods, the land that my family is from..."
Kill Your Epistemic Arrogance
When the algorithm identifies someone as a “gang member” based on human-generated criteria, the model’s “ground truth,” however flawed, becomes a stand-in for reality.
Of Furniture and Formation
The furniture of the old churches and chapels formed the habitus of those who worshipped there regularly.
Goethe’s Grief
This is Goethe’s experience. And mine.
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Life, Death, and Branding Day
“The Good Life, According to Gen Z.” Maya Sulkin talks with several Gen Zers who, in good Porcher fashion, left the big-city corporate rat race to move back home: “In…
Land, Cheating, and Work
“How Major League Baseball Lost its Soul.” Bill Kauffman may be biased, but at least he’s honest: “I highly recommend Homestand, Will Bardenwerper’s new book contrasting the community-enhancing qualities of…
Cancer Cures, Manatees, and Enology
“We are Letting Schools Poison our Children.” Hadley Freeman has some harsh (but accurate) critiques of ed tech: “You don’t need to be Mr Gradgrind to be repulsed by this…
Handshakes, Extinction, and Chess
“The Intellectual Virtues of the Small Magazine.” Jeff Reimer brilliantly narrates the joys of an intellectual life and the role that small magazines can play in foster this: ‘Now remember…
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Root For The Home Team
A team is from somewhere. Owners sell, players leave, but the place and the fans make up the fabric of the team.
An Economist’s Take on the Age of AI: A Review of Robert Skidelsky’s Mindless
Skidelsky’s expertise is on full display as he tells the story of the impact of machines on the human condition.
Despair Is Part of Life, but Not All of Life
Her heartfelt lament may sound like despair, and in a way it is, save for a crucial difference.
What We Forgot About Death (And Life)
Without the Incarnation, the philosopher’s death remains incomplete.
Compound Interest in an Attention Economy
There is something life-giving about rooting oneself in a single community—about investing ourselves in a mutual fund, so to speak.
The Quiet Divide
The rift isn’t just about politics. It’s about pace, and place, and respect.
Brethren of the Same Principle: A Few Words Toward a Better Politics
They, for the first time, saw each other’s faces. They shook hands. They gave each other cigarettes, beer, champagne. Exchanged buttons from their coats. One German gave an English soldier a haircut. They ate ham and dark bread. Biscuits, plum…
Holden Caulfield and the Ducks of Central Park
Holden Caulfield, the 16-year-old “hero” of The Catcher in the Rye, goes to the park mentally or physically on seven separate occasions in the course of the relatively short novel.
The Grammar of Enchantment
Despite the surplus of enchantment discourse these days, the excellent parts of the book are indeed excellent.
Chemical-Drenched Corn is Not MAHA-Friendly
Mine is not a left-wing voice of animal rights idealism or return-to-the-land idyllicism. This is just plain old real science.
Nature in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, the nature many of us live so close to is a different thing from the concept of “nature” we have internalized.
What is a Good Life?
A happy life is not something out there in the future. It’s not something you make, even.
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