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The Glories of Small Towns
Small towns not only engender local and national patriotism, but they also create the conditions for the arts to flourish.
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When Yellowstone Became A Place
From the beginning of its own story, the landscape called Yellowstone has been a place.
Rowing the Stone Canoe: A Few Words About a Resistance that Looks Beyond Denial and Hate to Healing
Now, what might a nobler, healthier American dream look like?
Public Health and the Machine
Since the birth of public health in nineteenth-century rationalism, the profession has been tempted by gnostic seductions.
Localism Against Tribalism
We ought to see localism not as an accomplice to the tribalism that’s everywhere rising, but as an antidote to it.
Dispatch from the Badger State (and a Modest Proposal for College Football)
To state the obvious, college football is no longer “so college.”
The Time is Right for Stanley Hauerwas
The path to a more moral society begins with bringing a neighbor a meal.
Doctoring and the Device Paradigm
Like most of my colleagues, I routinely familiarize myself with the iPatient before going to meet the real patient. Their story is told in numbers, flowsheets, radiology reports, and poorly written, heavily…
Economies of Meaning
While Moses was on the mountain, the people below grew restless. They melted their gold, those quiet tokens of comfort and memory, and shaped a god they could see. Their faith didn’t…
Their Land Brought Forth Frogs in Abundance
When the same symbol keeps emerging in such different scenes—Hebrew scripture, neighborhood storm drains, progressive street theater, alt-right image boards—it is worth asking why. We are not choosing frogs at random. We…
Against Very Online Candidates
This critter is quickly overpopulating the public square, apparently lacking a natural predator.
Still Asking Berry’s Question
The promise of liberation from drudgery quickly becomes liberation from purpose.
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