The Nightstand

From Postliberalism to Preliberalism: A Review of The Church Against the...

Next time we’re drinking bourbon together, I look forward to telling him that he’s got all the right impulses and is coming to the wrong conclusions.

Lectors at the Lectern

I moved on, but I realized in that moment that I hadn’t adequately answered the student’s question

America’s Failure to Achieve Posture Perfection

Determining the exact role of posture is impossible, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important for general human health.

The Black Intellectual Tradition: A Review

may they receive the many gifts the black intellectual tradition has to offer

Contemplation in Action: Booth Tarkington and the Art of Business

Tarkington hopes that more Americans will choose to trek that path of fruitful tension in this fragmented world, however difficult it may prove.

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.