In 2015, I warned about our society’s imminent readiness to begin sanctioning marriages between humans and robots (see HERE and HERE). That future has now arrived. Well, almost. In her new book 12…
One of the things I appreciate about the late Mary Midgley’s work is her attention to how myths and symbols influence the popular imagination. She showed that symbols, often in the form…
From my article “School Futures: Questionable Assumptions About Virtual Education”: For politicians and economists who have been trained to think in cost-benefit terms, it has long seemed obvious that institutions of learning…
In October I blogged about Wendy Shalit’s fascinating suggestion that there is a positive correlation, perhaps even a causal relationship, between modesty and sexual fulfilment. This hypothesis is intriguing because it stands…
Stephanie had been asked to serve as substitute pianist of First Baptist Church shortly after moving to the area for university. When the main pianist at First Baptist broke his leg, Stephanie…
Not only do feminists throughout the world hate Valentine’s Day, but they seek to cancel girls who enjoy romance. Indeed, in the thought of many modern feminists, romantic love is a sexist…
Here are some offerings that may prove useful for some. How to talk to your teenager about porn. In a recent Salvo post about Billie Eilish’s porn addiction, I ended by…
How the Collapse of Modern Individualism is Heralding a New Politics of Community For years, American politics has overlooked the need for community, treating humans as isolated individuals who can look to…
There is a new movement that some call “the new right,” and others “the post liberal right.” It is emerging out of the wreckage of the post-fusionist liberal-conservative synthesis and echoes conservative…
Introduction Within information behavior, an emerging trend is practices based on the assumption that objective research is not possible, especially within the context of digitally-mediated information. In qualitative research and interviews about…
From The Philokalia Volume One: “Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the…
During this season of Advent, as we await the coming of the Christ Child born in Bethlehem, it is appropriate to take some time to reflect on the church calendar and its…
