Wollstonecraft’s relationship to Christian faith defies partisan classification
Archives for May 2024
A last-minute graduation gift guide
Stumped about gift ideas for your favorite graduate(s) of all ages? Here are some ideas.
Drew Gilpin Faust on commencement speeches
Historian and former Harvard professor Drew Gilpin Faust (check out our podcast interview with her here) has a piece on commencement speeches at The Atlantic. I love the subtitle: “Where everything and nothing is at stake.” Here is a taste: […]
Ties of Sentiment
Notes on a receding shirt line
Is book publishing doomed? Point and counterpoint
The rumors of the death of book publishing have been greatly exaggerated.
What is going on at Dickinson College?
Michael Smerconish, a political independent who promotes civility and democratic discourse on his Sirius XM radio show and CNN television program, will no longer deliver the 2024 commencement address at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Here is Penn Live: Dickinson […]
2024 Pulitzer Prize-winners announced
Here are few of the winners that caught my eye: HISTORY (Winner): Jacqueline Jones, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era. See our Author’s Corner interview with Jacqueline Jones here. […]
Growing Up Italian-American
My great-grandfather was a Mediterranean sheepherder who fell in love and came to America for a better life
David Shaw, R.I.P. and read
In 1991, a courageous reporter who was anathema in his own newsroom won the Pulitzer Prize.
Where the Wild Things Were
The restoration of our humanity may turn on one honest face
Our Draymond Green problem
Even if we see problems within our team, it is notoriously difficult to go against your own group, whatever that group is.
FILM FORUM: Civil War, III
In Civil War, camera-wielding Truth-Tellers face trials by fire
Blessing of Unicorns: Choosing a Christian college, the joy of reading, care for others, (dis)ordered desires
This week’s Unicorns include choosing a Christian college, the joy of reading, care for others, (dis)ordered desires, and more.
Essential Latin for graduation season
Congrats, grads! Please utilize Latin terms responsibly!
FILM FORUM: Civil War, II
Alex Garland gives us war without politics—or meaning
The New York Times swings and misses on abortion, again
Coverage of the abortion debate this week in NYT breaks basic journalistic rules.
FILM FORUM: Civil War, I
Alex Garland’s film makes the (first) Civil War seem suddenly—and fittingly—near
The encouraging work of Upper House in Madison, WI
What does higher education need next?