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May 2015

May 31, 2015

Concussion Tests and a Voting Mess [538]

Here's the roundup of what I've been working on at FiveThirtyEight over the last week:...

May 26, 2015

Letting Prayer Lead from Self to Other

Tonight I'm speaking in NYC at First Things at 6p. I hope to see some of...

May 20, 2015

Accidental Stylites and the Benedict Option

This weekend, I'm hosting an in-person discussion of "the Benedict Option" -- ways for modern...

May 13, 2015

Talking to Vox Nova about Conversion and Learning from Others

I got to chat with Jeannine Pitas of Vox Nova about my new book, Arriving...

May 10, 2015

The Undiversity of Clinical Trials and Anti-Islam Groups

Here's what I've been covering in the world of data at FiveThirtyEight this week: ...

May 09, 2015

The People Who Made My Book Exist [Radio Readings]

You can listen to “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streamed Saturday at 5pm ET and...

May 07, 2015

Watch EWTN News Nightly Tonight to See Me and My Book

I'm headed over to EWTN's DC studios this afternoon to tape a short segment on Arriving...

May 03, 2015

HIV Successes and Space Launch Failures

Here's what I've been covering at FiveThirtyEight this past week (and, coming up this week,...

April 2015

April 26, 2015

Running the numbers on smokers, migrants, cancer, and drones

This past week at FiveThirtyEight, I've been covering the grim calculus of migrant ships, the...

April 09, 2015

Running the numbers on autism, welfare reform, and exonerations

While you're reading this, I will quasi-not exist. (I'm on a plane to New Zealand,...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

I’ve taken a job at FiveThirtyEight!

I'm pleased to announce that I've started working this week at FiveThirtyEight. I'm a news...

March 30, 2015

Even a Small Saint is an Urgent Need [Saints Bookclub]

In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On...

March 15, 2015

Help Pick Questions for my Ideological Turing Test Talk

I've got two speaking engagements coming up this week, and I could use your crowdsourced...

March 02, 2015

The Word Gap Needs More Than Individual Effort

I'm posting at Fare Forward today, talking about the word gap, and why solutions should include...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Promises No One Asks the Church to Keep [Saints bookclub]

In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On...

February 16, 2015

Love Applied to Charity and Fighting in New Haven

I'm making speaking appearances in New Haven today and tomorrow, so here's a heads up...

February 13, 2015

Looking forward to The Last 5 Years tonight!

I'm a little too busy to do Quick Takes today; among other things, I'm hosting...

February 10, 2015

Offering hospitality to introverts, athletes, and other strange-to-me types

In the last week, I've run into two great pieces on how to offer hospitality,...

February 05, 2015

When it’s illegal to live with your friends…

There are two reasons why I recommended that friends who want to cultivate deeper relationships...

February 04, 2015

Love and Real Estate, All About Location, Location Location

The best living experience I've had was definitely in college. The density of people...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

I’m speaking on “Openness to Truth” in San Fran, Feb 2nd

I'm pleased to announce that, on Monday, February 2nd at 7:30pm, I'll be speaking at...

January 19, 2015

Using Abortion Debates to Explain Bayesian Statistics

I'm never one to pass up a chance to leverage people's interest in a hot-button...

January 18, 2015

I’m coming to the Bay Area and the Bayou, invite me to speak!

I'll be travelling for work in the next few months, so, if you were hoping...

January 15, 2015

What it Means for me to be a *Catholic* Writer

Yesterday, I wrote in praise of Dominicans, and today I have an interview to share...

January 14, 2015

Settling Into Our Sociable Third Places

I've been reading (and loving!) sociologist's Ray Oldenburg's The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars,...

January 01, 2015

Beginning as I’ll Go On in 2015

Leigh Bardugo, author of the Grisha Trilogy (and cause of my Halloween costume) is running...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Tell Your College Women Friends About Arete!

The Arete Seminar has opened applications for it's Summer 2015 program, and it seems pretty...

December 13, 2014

A Rosary App from One of Our Regulars

Following right on the heels of my guest post for Beeminder (on using that website's...

December 08, 2014

The Last 5 Years is totally our next Symposium topic

Eeeeee! EEEEEEEE! Eeeeee! For folks who aren't familiar with Jason Robert Brown's The Last 5 Years,...

December 08, 2014

Is Your Christianity Ever Mistaken for Criminality? [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...