Asides

July 3, 2015

Wendell Berry and Pope Francis have been drinking from the same well of living water.  I dig into the connections…

July 2, 2015

I'll be speaking tonight at St. Isidore's in Grand Rapids as part of their "Fortnight for Freedom" series. My topic…

July 1, 2015

“Then shall we carelessly allow the children to hear any old stories…?” Plato, Republic Summer is a time for stories.…

June 30, 2015

I have a little scoop over at TheDC, a picture of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, at a Sons of…

June 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/614443206378418177 Some megachurches are scanning their congregants' faces to check their attendance. Possible oldest footprints in North America found FAIR:…

June 24, 2015

“For right and wrong change places; everywhere So many wars, so many shapes of crime Confront us; no honor attends…

June 19, 2015

“He who intends to practice economy aright ought to be fully acquainted with the places in which his labor lies…”…

June 19, 2015

I'm over at the Guardian, making the case.

June 18, 2015

The new encyclical "on care for our common home" can be read here.

June 18, 2015

A Father's Day song, courtesy of the pride of the Twin Cities. Yeah, it's a couple of days early, but…

June 16, 2015

Today, The New Yorker ran an article called "A New Theory of Distraction." In the piece, the author--Joshua Rothman--speculates as…

June 15, 2015

At least we can still do this: http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/iowa-supreme-court-affirms-drunk-front-porch-31721986