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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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Saturday Night Live Music: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
One of the greatest songs from the whole Beatles catalog, of course, and perhaps George Harrison's greatest composition (though I'm quite fond of "That's What i... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2013 SOCIETY -
The Problem of Undertheorized Agrarianism in Most Actually Argued Localism
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] That's a terrible title for this post, I know. But hopefully it'll make sense, if you actually make it to the end. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Fresh Water (Now at a Special Discount Price)!
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] Well, this is rather fascinating: here we have a video of the Austrian businessman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, who from 1997... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Richie Havens, RIP
Perhaps the greatest, truest, unsung hero of America's original folk-rock scene has died. On October 16, 1992, more than 20 years ago, he appeared onstage at th... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Brownback's Intriguing (and Possibly Incoherent) Gun Rights Crusade
Last week our governor, Sam Brownback, signed into a law a bill titled "The Second Amendment Protection Act," which the bill's proponents trumpeted as "the... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Have a Little Faith in Me"
I'd never seen any clips from this stupendous concert before I went looking one day for renditions of this wonderful love song by John Hiatt (one of the best... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Mark Mitchell's Politics of Gratitude (Theoretical and Otherwise)
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] Mark Mitchell's fine and thoughtful book is filled with excellent insights and challenges, which unfortunately do not,... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "The Garden Song"
We got the lettuce and spinach in this week, just dodging a mid-April storm that dumped freezing rain all over Wichita. Mostly though, things outside are lookin... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Ruthie Leming's (and Rod Dreher's) Little Way
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]Rod Dreher's 2006 manifesto, Crunchy Cons, was an inspiration (and provocation) to many, on both the left and the right. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Some Big Capitalists Do It Right
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]From what I can tell, most businesses, once they get to a certain size, cannot avoid be lured into the American... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Margaret Thatcher, RIP
For those of us of a certain age, and a certain political sensibility, this is the way we'll remember the Iron Lady.Requiescat in pace, Margaret Thatcher, one o... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Dead Man's Rope"
It's Holy Saturday; tomorrow is Easter Day. So, a song from an artist who politely rejects the Christian faith, but who has nonetheless captured here the faith'... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 SOCIETY -
10 Years of Blogging
So, I started blogging 10 years ago today. (Just about at this exact moment, too.) We're on the road today--driving from Mississippi to Florida as part of a... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Little Wing"
I feel bad at having not been able to find any live footage of the haunting, idiosyncratic jazz singer Cassandra Wilson on performing her pieces from Blood on... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Resolving Existential Crises Through Philosophy And/or Film (or, My Dinner with...
[Cross-posted to By Common Consent]Last night, our delightful, thoughtful, ambitious, and very smart oldest daughter, now aged sixteen (and getting ready to... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Saturday Night Live Music: "Soul for Sale"
Wynton Marsalis's reputation has gone through several ups and downs over the thirty years he's been active, but no one can ever deny his enormous energy and... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Communities and Herder's Political Thought
Vicki Spencer's excellent Herder's Political Thought: A Study on Language, Culture, and Community is the second scholarly work on Johann Gottfried Herder I... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Something About Which Leftists, Localists, and Libertarians (But Probably Not...
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be head of the CIA--something that he did in order to... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Bollywood Did This to My Daughter
Okay, so Melissa and I have been getting this announcement about our first daughter up around Facebook and elsewhere, but I haven't put in on my blog yet. Read more
Posted on 05 March 2013 SOCIETY -
Religion, Gays, and Minority Rights in the American Community
This past weekend I got into a discussion on Facebook with some friends of mine over Damon Linker's latest (and, I think, very smart) opinion piece. Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 SOCIETY