In Byung-Chul Han’s book, The Burnout Society, he discusses how we have transitioned from a Foucauldian disciplinary society to a society of achievement, and the associated violence that comes in the wake…
In my earlier article, “America and the Collapse of Politics,” I discussed the 2013 suicide of Dominique Venner, arguing that his death is paradigmatic of the nihilism of the far-right, with their…
Last week as I watched President Biden and President Trump exchange childish insults about their weight and golf swing, I thought of an article I wrote back in 2015 for the Colson…
As a foretaste of the material in my forthcoming book We’re All Cyborgs Now: Technology and the Christian Faith, I published an article at The Symbolic World called “Technology and the Story of Redemption: Being…
I am happy to announce that in early September, Basilian Media & Publishing will be publishing a new book that I have co-authored with Joshua Pauling! Titled We’re All Cyborgs Now: Technology…
One hundred years ago, G.K. Chesterton organized a centennial celebration for the one hundredth anniversary of George MacDonald’s birth. This year, two hundred years after MacDonald’s birth, MacDonald enthusiasts throughout the world…
In my earlier post, “Against Politics,” I contrasted politics with political theory, arguing that the former activates the amygdala (the primal part of the brain regulating fight-or-flight responses) while the latter activates…
I will be offering a presentation at the upcoming “George MacDonald Bicentenary Conference 2024,” which is being organized by the George MacDonald Society in conjunction with the Wade Center at Wheaton College.…
Twenty-five years ago, Vigen Guroian published Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination (Oxford University Press). Since then, the book has become a minor classic in…
I grew up in an environment of books. Not only was my father a writer and editor, but he also owned a publishing house and a bookstore. Sometimes after school I would…
Today I read Michael Millerman’s First Things article on Alexander Dugin, and listened to Rusty Reno’s interview with Millerman, after being repeatedly encouraged by a family member to delve more deeply into the…
My recent Substack article, “Paul Kingsnorth Was Correct: Why I Changed My Mind About AI,” has raised numerous questions from thoughtful readers. When I claim that AI is demonic, does that entail…
