This week’s Unicorns: essays on living creatures, plant life, homeschooling and parental rights, and trying to write better with the help of two masters of the craft.
The Arena
Reading through the Penguin Little Black Classics: numbers 3-5
This post continues the series begun with this essay on Penguin Little Black Classics, number 1-2. The Penguin Little Black Classics are an excellent read. Each short book is entertaining and, at mid-50 pages, just long enough to give you […]
Yes, there is one pro-life party in this election
It’s just that you might never have heard of it–but you should.
What if I don’t want to punch left or right?
On resisting the discourse of outrage.
A game of ball
Baseball presents a certain way of doing life–and it is magical.
Blessing of Unicorns: Kids playing in the streets, outsourcing hard things, Elisabeth Elliot, parmesan cheese, and more
In this roundup: kids playing in the streets, the cost of outsourcing hard things, Elisabeth Elliot and the writing of biography, technological anxiety, conservatives in academia, cheese sponsorships, and a really good book I just started.
Objective drama, subjective actors
In which Marvin Olasky poses a question to Current readers.
My reflections on homeschooling in Christianity Today
The modern life is much too compartmentalized. It isn’t good for us.
God and the political butterfly effect
How might we think about God and political history?
Calley, Thompson, and remembering My Lai
We learned yesterday–at the end of July–that Lt. William Calley, aged 80, died back in April.
Explaining the strange attraction
Why have so many evangelicals become determined supporters of Donald Trump, despite his past adulteries and continued narcissism?
Current’s 100 Books of the 21st Century
In response to NYT’s list of 100 books of the 21st century, we at Current have compiled our own list.
What do laws of war mean in the age of drones?
The history of targeting civilians in war is long. Modern international humanitarian law is unable to end the practice.
One nerd to rule them all
We can all profitably learn from Tolkien’s work lessons that are politically salient, even if they don’t tell us how to vote and even if it means we are nerds.
One of the most encouraging books I’ve read this year: Drew Dyck, Just Show Up
What if the best thing we can do is just show up?
Crazy: a church growth strategy?
What to ask Tim Alberta a question about his book? Marvin Olasky invites input before tomorrow’s interview!
Interview with Elizabeth Stice: announcing Orange Blossom Ordinary
Introducing Orange Blossom Ordinary, a new review of books, edited by Elizabeth Stice
An alternative source for book reviews
Additional book review resources to help you find the next good read.
The Catholic conversion of J. D. Vance
Now that he is the Republican vice presidential nominee, J. D. Vance is one of the most famous Catholic converts in the United States.
Interview with Robert Jensen: It’s Debatable
In his new book, It’s Debatable, Robert Jensen gives us tools to keep talking to each other–not past each other.