The second in a series of meditations on Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine
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A Pro-Life Strategy for the Blue States
Regional divisions may require an approach that seeks common ground
LONG FORM: Frederick Douglass and the Challenge of Seeing Clearly
Great transformations of moral perception make debtors of us all—if we have eyes to see
From Grandpa Lenin with Love
A Soviet childhood leaves its traces on the heart—even as the mind wonders why
Facing Fears
Need to overcome some fear? Brain science and a sweet reward may just do the trick.
Man Cannot Spend All His Time in Taverns
The first in a series of meditations on Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine
The Better Angels of Our Democracy
Putin has opened a window for restoring American politics
Blest Be the Tithe that Binds
Practicing generosity—with creativity and good cheer
How Much Cake?
Christine Emba’s Rethinking Sex leaves little doubt: We need a corrective from outside ourselves
Standing in Solidarity
The emerging geopolitical landscape demands an idealism grounded in humility
BOOK MARKS: Keeping the Place
“He best expressed his preference for his wild homestead by saying that his Bible seemed truer to him there.”
Puritan Passions
350 years on, Anne Bradstreet’s poems still speak
Bricolage
A life crafted from what’s on hand
“If the KKK opposes gay marriage, I would ride with them”
The second of a two-part series on the Black church and gay marriage in 2004
Picking Up a Snake
Certitude and cynicism alike bow to wonder—at least every now and then
INTERVIEW: Antón Barba-Kay on the State of the American Center
If politics abhors a void, what will fill the vacated space we once thought of as “the center”?
Can Writing (And Reading) Military History Be an Act of Compassion?
Aeschylus prompts us to consider other ways of seeing war—past and present
Look Not to the Dead and Dying
Independence has its place. Dependence has a bigger one.
To the Tyrants
A poem for the people of Ukraine
When Race and Gay Marriage Collided at the Jersey Shore
In 2004, Asbury Park started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Black community responded with a prayer vigil.