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October 2023

October 23, 2023

“What Have Fungi to Do with Athens?”: I’m at the University Bookman

and I promise that title is not the trippiest thing about this essay: There are...

August 2023

August 07, 2023

“A Better Outdoors Indoors”: I’m in The Lamp

telling you to be disorderly at the mall: The father of the mall was a...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

Five Gay Catholic Observations for 2022

This has been a big year for my gay Catholic life, lol. I hinted at...

December 16, 2019

How the “Celibacy Recession” Is Affecting Young Catholics

I'm at the Catholic Herald (with bonus Smiths quote!): About a year ago headlines began...

November 2019

November 04, 2019

Tell Me About Your “Sober Jobs” (And More, On Work in Recovery)

I'm working on a piece for America magazine about the role of work in 12-Step

October 2019

October 22, 2019

Love the Player, Hate the Game

Recently watched The Interrupters, a PBS documentary about a group of Chicagoans who seek to...

June 2019

June 10, 2019

I’m in the University Bookman’s Summer Reading Round-Up

with the diary of a courtesan-turned-Dominican, among other works: I’m about to plunge into Brenna...

June 04, 2019

What (and Who) Is Punishment For? I’m at The American Conservative

with an essay riffing on the provocative, if incomplete, work of a Trump-appointed federal judge:...

May 2019

May 14, 2019

Seeking Stories of Dentistry as a Corporal Work of Mercy

Hey all. Problems with your teeth can cause serious health issues; missing or damaged teeth...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

You Can Quit ICE

In March, James Schwab quit ICE because he didn't want to repeat his superiors' distortions...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Legitimate Adventures: Quick Notes on Colin Ward’s “The Child in the City”

Just finished this excellent 1978 manifesto about contemporary cities' hostility to children, and I think...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

“What’s Wrong with the Success Sequence”: I’m at the Institute for Family Studies blog

criticizing their most recent study. Giving me space to do this is v. characteristic of...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

Alain de Botton on Marrying Wrong

via a married friend who says almost all of this resonates! ...ADB: And so we...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Rise of the Planet of the Young Adults: Some Questions for Library Types

Hey all. I'm working on a piece about what was lost in the rise of...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

Churchgoing While Homeless: Seeking Your Stories

Hello all. I'm working on a piece for America magazine that will share people's stories...

July 05, 2017

“The Fading Shadow of the Habsburgs”: Peter Berger

with a lovely tribute. From 2011, but I just found it via people reminiscing about...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

“The Rise of the Cashless City”: The Guardian

this is a good piece in the Grauniad: ...Could we see a whole city go...

January 10, 2017

Why Don’t Blue-Collar Workers Just Take Pink-Collar Jobs?: Megan McArdle

vs economists who scold men for not becoming the New Soviet Persyn the market demands:...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

He That Increaseth Sorrow Increaseth Knowledge: Or, Notes on Meritocracy

This is a great piece but I guess the reason the end disappointed me is...

December 30, 2016

“The New Ruling Class”: Helen Andrews

on the beginning and middle of the meritocratic era: Last fall, Toby Young did something...

December 29, 2016

“Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas”: Yesenia Barragan

for the African-American Intellectual History Society: The Christmas season also gave way to the largest...

December 24, 2016

“When the Neighborhood Changes”: Matthew Loftus

covers a lot of ground quickly: [Baltimoreans] have good reason to be afraid. Some places...

December 19, 2016

Bluff Your Way Out of the European Economic Community

Or, What did Brexit look like in 1988? Months ago, in the halcyon days of...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

“12 Top New England Diners”: Boston Magazine

Americana (and defensiveness about how New England is totally the best region, how dare those...

November 08, 2016

“Net Worth of White Households in DC Region is 81 Times That of Black Households”: Washington Post

basically runs a press release from the Urban Institute, but since I wanted to read...

November 07, 2016

Why I’m Voting for DC Statehood Tomorrow

It's not because I think DC should be a state. "I don't even think that's...

November 07, 2016

Tomorrow’s Other Elections: Your District Attorney Races

some thoughts, from the Marshall Project, on the complexity and importance of the DA position:...

November 04, 2016

The American Conservative Election Symposium–I’m in This

In a sense, we're all in this: A good magazine presents a robust discussion of the...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

“The Future of the Pro-Life Movement”: Ruth Graham

with a moving piece at Slate. I would I guess add the cautionary note that...

October 25, 2016

More Sex Ed Thoughts Plus Two Disreputable Songs

I'm not especially satisfied with that post I did about sex ed, and this email...