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In Medias Res
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Essays, notes, and fragments--personal, political, and philosophical--from the midst of things
LATEST ARTICLES ( 588 )
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From the Distant Liberal Consensus, a Defiant Conservative Yelp
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]As I write this review, I keep hearing about Jeb Bush, campaigning for president, talking about how the invasion of Iraq... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Look Away"
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Does Repugnance Matter, Or Not?
I haven't written about abortion for years, and I've resisted writing anything about the controversy which the Planned Parenthood videos has generated across th... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Bernie Sanders: Front Porch Socialist?
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]This October, Front Porch Republic--the motley gang of reactionary radicals that I've been hanging out with, arguing... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Sobering Numbers on a Sobering Day
I'm not quite willing, I think, to go along with multiple friends of mine who look at the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, as a "war... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Breezin'"
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2015 SOCIETY -
Lazy Late Summer Workday #5
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Lazy Late Summer Workday #4
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Lazy Late Summer Workday #3
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Lazy Late Summer Workday #2
"[T]he press was still the last resource of the educated poor who could not be artists and would not be tutors. Any man who was fit for nothing else could... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Lazy Late Summer Workday #1
Well, it's definitely the dog days of summer now. Temperatures in the upper 90s and 100s. Summer teaching is over, and the fall semester won't begin for three... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Seven (only Moderately Short but Hopefully Somewhat Syllogistic) Statements on...
Well, it's been exactly one week since Obergefell v. Hodges was handed down by the Supreme Court, and the legal recognition of the marriages of gay and lesbian... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2015 SOCIETY -
My Weird Al Favorites
Weird Al Yankovic is performing a sold-out show in Wichita tonight, and I snagged front-row balcony seats from my daughter Alison (our own "weird Al") and I. Read more
Posted on 01 July 2015 SOCIETY -
Pixar Films, Ranked
This year Pixar is 20 years old, and with the release of Inside Out, they've now made 15 films. Over five years ago, I wondered, in complete admiration, "when... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2015 SOCIETY -
A Presidential Proposal Worthy of the Porch
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]The blogger, pundit, screenwriter, and all-around mensch Noah Millman has come up with a brilliant idea--Bernie Sanders,... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2015 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "I Like to Live the Love"
I saw B.B. King once, at Snowbird Resort in Utah, in 1992 I think. He was the concluding act of a big blues tour, and the penultimate performer was Buddy Guy,... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2015 SOCIETY -
Hanging Out With, and Learning From, Some Thoroughly Material Benedictines
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]A few weeks ago I was able to, once again, do something that I enjoy doing immensely--take a group of students out on a... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 SOCIETY -
Top Ten Reasons I Have to Say, as of Next Wednesday: Thanks, Dave.
Next week, David Letterman will host his final show. And so, of course, there are numerous tributes to be found all over the internet. Do I have one? Read more
Posted on 14 May 2015 SOCIETY -
Broken Soil, Broken Hearts
[Cross-posted to By Common Consent]This week, I prepared our small garden space, as I do every year, for the tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, and more... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2015 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "In the House of Stone and Light"
Something a little different this Saturday: no live video, just an audio recording. But this is such a fine recording of such a wonderful, haunting pop tune fro... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 SOCIETY