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"Preschoolers are no longer civilians; they are combatants. They are being trained to make and hit targets. They will be treated as targets in turn."
Casey Spinks offers sobering reflections on the link between technology and conflict: "We are mediated from war—largely because we are mediated from reality—now more than ever." What will happen when it comes?
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It is my displeasure to share my latest essay for @FrontPorchRepub this morning. I'm afraid we are headed towards devastating world conflict, and I explain why here.
Casey Spinks offers sobering reflections on the link between technology and conflict: "We are mediated from war—largely because we are mediated from reality—now more than ever." What will happen when it comes?
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Casey Spinks offers sobering reflections on the link between technology and conflict: "We are mediated from war—largely because we are mediated from reality—now more than ever." What will happen when it comes?
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David Bannon considers Wendell Berry's profound ability to express grief: "Wendell Berry speaks of death in ways few of us can express."
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Christine Norvell investigates the biblical sycamore fig tree and its meaning: "Wild yet humble, the sycomore fig is a remarkable symbol of the Christian life, beautiful in its simplicity."
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"Econoclast: Herman Daly and the Gospel of Growth is a short, earnest, and intense tribute to a tall, soft-spoken, and rather non-confrontational man." Russell Fox engages with this new film and invites us to think consider Daly's sustainable growth.
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Grateful again to @jeff_bilbro and @FrontPorchRepub for publishing an essay of mine ...
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K. E. Colombini invites us to think about the joy of literary communities: "Someday our children may read those shelves the way Ruth Swain read her father's—not as a catalog of books but as the story of a life, with all its detours and discoveries."
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“Dad is dying, and the thing to do has been obvious: sit around him as we’d sit around a fire, gazing at the flames, and telling stories and making music and eating cake until the flame burns out.”
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In which I recommend essays by @PeterMommsen, @nickripatrazone, @STurkle, @stephmurrayyyy, and others.
In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about Dillard, friends, and sin. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about Dillard, friends, and sin. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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"Can there be forbidden—or, as I prefer, inopportune knowledge?" Teddy Macker challenges the way we think about AI in his article: "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Artificial Intelligence." frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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Here's my contribution to a whole series of strong essays on Berry at @FrontPorchRepub
Adam Smith remembers Wendell Berry, a "great soul that's great because it's brimful of something greater." Join him in considering how Berry "calls us and frees us to love our own time."
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Adam Smith remembers Wendell Berry, a "great soul that's great because it's brimful of something greater." Join him in considering how Berry "calls us and frees us to love our own time."
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Emily Johnson defends possessive grief: "[Your grief] is unique to you, shaped by your memories, abstracted and then made concrete in ways I am not privy to." She meditates on grief that "must be placed" before it can be shared.
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Maurice Manning invites us to dwell on our place in Creation. Drawing from Wendell Berry, he writes, "If we take care of this holy Creation, we will meet our human purpose."
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In which I recommend essays by @KMLamb, @estice, @GregoryConti19, @alexbronzini, @MatthewDSun, @ProfBarryLam, and others.
In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about hope, cheats, and labs. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about hope, cheats, and labs. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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Mel's reflections on 9/11 are an appropriate interlude to the many fine essays that we're running on Wendell Berry. Berry's own 9/11 reflection was titled "Thoughts in the Presence of Fear," and that's exactly what these are.
Mel Livatino shares his convicting meditations after September 11, 2001. He examines the "herd: it is one of the things I most fear, not just from terrorists but from my fellow citizens, even from my friends and family."
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Mel Livatino shares his convicting meditations after September 11, 2001. He examines the "herd: it is one of the things I most fear, not just from terrorists but from my fellow citizens, even from my friends and family."
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