March brought a few great books across my path. Here are some of the highlights: Chaos Under Heaven - Josh Rogin After listening to Rogin...

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke This is one of those trips into fiction that leaves me wondering why I don’t read it more often. Piranesi is a...

Is Western civilization losing its morality? Our philosophers appear incapable of achieving anything resembling a consensus on morals,...

There have been so many wonderful articles this year, it's hard to narrow the list down. I've found myself searching more than ever...

Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Recommended The Splendid and the Vile - Larson (link here) Live Not By...

What does it mean to be educated? In a controversial manifesto, lifelong college professor Allan Bloom offers a critique of trends in...

I've come to appreciate the voice and work of Jemar Tisby. While he and I would not agree on every point of our culture's recent social...

In 1998, when the Modern Library solicited readers to select the 100 best English language novels published since 1900, Atlas Shrugged...

“Of, By, and For the Freedmen” - James Hankins and Allen Guelzo, The New Criterion Statue toppling, predictably, knows no bounds. These...

Liberalism in international relations (IR) is the theory that democracy, inalienable natural rights, and diplomatic, economic, and...

Camus begins by posing a simple question: is life worth living? After reading this, most readers (and understandably) roll their eyes and...

In a series of twenty lectures, James gives a thorough analysis of the religious experiences of man. Here is an outline of his main...

Thomas Nagel’s The View from Nowhere is neither an easy nor particularly exciting read, and Nagel raises far more questions than he...

“A Better Anti-Racism” - Coleman Hughes, Persuasion Coleman Hughes has become a really important commentator on social issues, race, and...

“Do You Feel My Pain? Empathy, Sympathy, and Dangerous Virtues” - Joe Rigney, Desiring God Is empathy a bad thing? Surely not. Take some...

“Proxy Wars Over Religious Liberty” - Ryan T. Anderson, National Affairs Every Christian feels the pace of the social and moral...

Believe it or not, I took civics twice. Once in 7th grade and again in 9th. I took the required American History course in college...

Everybody gets excited this time of year. Christmas is only a few days away, the lights are up across the city, and Christmas parties are...

Every week on our Patreon, I publish a post called “Now Reading” and this week I thought I’d share it with everybody! Here’s a list of...

Blogging through the Coddling of the American Mind has been one of my favorite series of posts. A big part of the reason is I think it’s...