Writing for the Common Good
I can relate the vice of envy most closely with my own writing, because that’s my profession, and I’ve longed to be a professional novelist since I was in elementary school.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
"Is Christianity only politically efficacious in helping us determine who are our friends and who are our enemies?"
The Maps of Our Lives Point Homeward
Older and wiser, I have long learned that for all the times I wanted to visit far-away places, there is no place like home.
Reflection in a Glass Wall
The reflection looked like a vintage motion picture, only without those stilted movements.
Crafting the Ideal School: Finding a Balance Between High-Tech and the...
it is through the arts alone that the various branches of learning touch human life.
How to Raise Readers, in Thirty-Five Steps
It is not too much to say that everything in our culture pushes against habits
The AI Invasion: For Humans, It’s Becoming Harder to Write
No question about it: For writers like me, who would like nothing more than to do our own writing and thinking with dignity and intellectual honesty, it’s becoming harder to write—at least on a computer.
