Observing Limits to Re-enchant a Mute World: A Review of The Uncontrollability of the World
By Adam Smith at Front Porch Republic
Eric Scheske
Weekend Roundup
Catholic Universities Continue to Embrace Modern Gnosticism
"Loyola is heretically unhinged," you say? What about Sister Jean!?
Students protesting annual drag show at Catholic university threatened with violenceA group of students protesting an annual drag show at Loyola University Chicago said a group of counterprotesters destroyed their signs
BYCU: More Boycott, Gatorade Cocktails, and Celebrity Alcohol
Everything you need to regale your comrades at the bar tonight
Central Park: A Beautiful Travelogue
Samuel Johnson put London and life itself on the same platform, writing:
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.
I often think the same thing can be said of New York City. It, at least, seems that way to me, a foreigner vis-a-vis NYC. Despite
The Chicago Renaissance
The Renaissance led Baltimorean H.L. Mencken to call Chicago "the literary capital of the U.S."
Cash Man
My wife and I drove Michigan's beautiful Leelanau peninsula the other day. We stopped in Sutton's Bay and hit a few bars. At the last bar, the manager finally got us a table on the roof of his busy establishment, but at that point, we'
The Age of Average
Alex Murrel at Alex Murrell dot com
Our Culture Does Not Understand Marriage or Love
How The Office and Ted Lasso Expose Our Shallowness
Why was the "Door" Concept Such a Big Thing in the 1960s?
Tao Teh Ching, Chapter 1
Boromir Statue Subject of Controversy
Belfalas Times
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OSGILIATH. Local community activists want Boromir's statue torn down, but they're getting resistance from his descendants.
“Boromir was the last captain to defend Osgiliath successfully before it fell to Sauron in the War of the Ring,” says Denethor IV, a descendant of