The Nightstand

In Praise of Communitarian-not Corporate-Baseball

As Kauffman tells Bardenwerper, perhaps being cut loose from MLB will turn out to be a blessing.

Freedom and Friendliness in Byung-Chul Han: A Critical Introduction

Why does our relationship with technology seem so unhealthy?

What a Victorian Novel Teaches Us about Friendship and Civil Order

America has a crisis of friendship

Tolkien, Philosopher of War

Tolkien offers a cautious approval of brutalist buildings and a full-throated one of trees.

Between Spirituality and Literature

The resulting work is by turns wise and questioning, witty and candid, self-effacing and impassioned.

Watching the Tide Come In

You’re forgiven, your future right here, given for you.

Let us Converse Together (Without Our Phones)

Bilbro’s book is a careful study through profound literary texts about how we live in a world that has no patience for careful study through profound literary texts.

Minding Laurie Johnson’s Gap

President Trump has been in office a month as of today, and the maelstrom of orders and actions which he has taken has elicited...

Is Ross Douthat Our C.S. Lewis?

I come to praise Douthat, not to bury him.

On Nosferatu, Moloch, and AI

Sometimes, it’s okay to be scared. At the very worst, it’s just a story.