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Nostalgia and Our Fractured Republic
If there’s a book out this summer that’s worth your time and money, it’s Yuval Levin’s The Fractured Republic. I read it a few weeks ago and have been mulling over it ever since. In the book, Levin draws a … Continue reading
Pocket Monster Round-Up
The stakes aren’t all that high for me with the recent release of Pokemon Go as a mobile app. It’s at least two generations removed from what was important to my childhood (I draw the first line at the Teenage … Continue reading
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What You Find When You Look
Try as we might to make it otherwise, place matters. At our best, we are people rooted in place and time in a way that makes us mindful of the good and bad of our moment. This is less and … Continue reading
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Cinematic Comedy This Century
The folks at the A. V. Club recently put together a “top 50 best comedies since 2000” list. Like most lists, its an interesting read, particularly if it helps you see how your own tastes have changed over time. It’s … Continue reading
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Once More with Affection
Wendell Berry’s case for affection is an interesting and potent one, especially in light of a contemporary culture that seems content on consuming itself. And because of its limited use, affection could be a term that helps reinvigorate something vital … Continue reading
Epistemological Humility
Throughout his lecture on life in light of affection, Berry attempts to remind us of the significance of the local and the personal. Certain kinds of knowledge, certain kinds of ways of life, are ultimately antithetical to “the good life.” … Continue reading
Change the Game with One Move
I’ve gotten into the habit of posting some of Jeff Winger’s “greatest hits” from the now-defunct show Community. Here’s his big speech from the end of season three (what could’ve been the last one from the original show runner). A … Continue reading
Two Kinds of Knowledge
Abstraction is a powerful thing. It works in favor of whoever can wield it, really. Wendell Berry knows this, particularly when it comes to how we see the places around us (just as much as the people, really). In his … Continue reading
Skywalking It
My travel day started by traveling into (not out of) a flash flood/thunderstorm situation. Pretty harrowing for 4:00 in the morning. And thanks to the weather, the two-hour layover that I had at LAX became a fifteen minute sprint from … Continue reading
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June Bugs in July
Time in Tennessee has ended with an afternoon storm and an evening without electricity. At least there are candles and lightning bugs (but not enough for an Owl City lyric). Hopefully back to reflecting on Wendell Berry tomorrow.
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Space Enough, and Time 