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Lewis Cover Story

U.S. News and World Report's cover story this week is about C.S. Lewis. Written by Walker Percy biographer Jay Tolson, it's pretty good, from what I've read so far. (I'm battling a touch of the stomach flu, while helping my wife and three of my children who have full-blown stomach flu, so reading time has been limited today.)

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Why I Don't Stay Informed

Why I Don't Stay Informed

I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed. I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,

Six Maniacal Observations from G.K. Chesterton

Six Maniacal Observations from G.K. Chesterton

They'll help make sure you don't think like a maniac

How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?

How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?

C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer. It is Nature, it is the Way, the Road. It is the Way in which the universe goes on, the Way in which things everlastingly emerge, stilly and tranquilly, into space and time.