Jun 25, 2022Two cheers (and a sigh) for Carl Trueman's "Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self"The first two thirds are a must-read. The last third not so much.
Aug 28, 2020They want to take your historyThe Left and the Right each have a story to tell about America, and the winner takes all.
Jul 5, 2019What is "the pursuit of happiness"?The phrase in the Declaration of Independence meant more to the Founders than we ever would have thought.
Oct 10, 2017Gen-Xers in a world not our ownIn the last couple weeks I've been working my way through the new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War. I have...
Jun 27, 2017The post-truth eraSince the election of Donald Trump, prestigious figures in journalism have been wringing their hands over the "post-truth era." The New...
May 9, 2017A culture is shaped by the shape of its storiesWhen we think of what is or is not an appropriate story for a book or film—whether from the perspective of age-appropriacy or of...