Habermas on the Public Square, Polarization, and Kernza
“Carmen.” Stromae has a music video that’s relevant to our recent conversation about localist social media. Here’s what I want to know: What might...
Disenchantment, Facebookistan, and John Ruskin
“Disenchantment, Actually.” Doug Sikkema reviews The Myth of Dis enchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences by Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm. He’s...
Deneen and Kauffman, Walker Percy, and Manufactured Rituals
“Wendell Berry’s Works are a Multi-Plattered Feast.” Nick Offerman praises Wendell Berry’s writing:
Here in these stories, you will find a great entertainment. Laced throughout,...
Talking about Wendell Berry on Twitter
Matt Stewart hasn't convinced everyone, and we'll be running further responses to his piece over the next couple of weeks--including essays from those who...
A Wendell Berry Weekend, Stanley Hauerwas, and Russell Kirk’s Correspondence
“Huppert Dairy among Hundreds Selling Out.” Boyd Huppert mourns a loss that is both personal and cultural: “The upper Midwest has been losing dairy...
Rural Kansas, Moby-Dick, and Online “Community”
“The Tweeting of the Lambs: A Day in the Life of a Modern Shepherd.” Sam Knight profiles James Rebanks, a shepherd in England’s Lake...
Nick Offerman, Alan Jacobs, and Robert Farrar Capon
“Five Questions with Nick Offerman about Wendell Berry.” Nick Offerman talks about Look & See, which aired on PBS this week.
“Remembering the ‘Spooky Wisdom’...
The Reinvention of (a More Localized) America
New in The Atlantic is a long--probably a little too long, but stick with the whole thing; it's worth it--article by journalist James Fallows,...
Dirt, Manners, and Patrick McManus
“Can Dirt Save the Earth?” Moises Velasquez-Manoff’s long essay is worth reading. A taste: “If you focus on the health of the soil and...
Localism in the New York Times, Wendell Berry on Dairy Farmers,...
“Trump’s Enemy is Not Your Friend: Why We Shouldn’t Defend Amazon.” Thomas Frank doesn’t like the false dichotomy that Trump’s recent attacks on Amazon...