Tag: Pieper
The Liberal Arts for Loss and Lament
The main posture of a liberal arts education is slowing down, rest, seeing. But if we just train students to only strive, reach, stretch for something more, then suffering will come as a wasteful, meaningless interruption.
The Front Porch and the American Dream
Perhaps, just perhaps, COVID has restored some of the beauty and desirability of the front porch.
Language and Power
"We wade through a torrent of words and images every day, and yet we mostly lack a clear understanding of what language is and can be for the human..."