Every society worships something…
It is a great time to be creative and adventurous, and a tough time to be a risk-averse localist. That has left many Americans, and many people around the world...
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Our “unprecedented” times
For many Americans, these are “unprecedented times” because the times are often better than we realize. For those who found this year startling and surprising, ...
The Paradoxical Relevance of Durkheim to Our Time
The relevance of Durkheim’s arguments about the collective consciousness to our current moment is that wokeness and Trumpist populism alike are promoted and sus...
Trump: Dictator or Cypher, Or . . .?
The most straightforward interpretation of the available evidence is that Trump is engaged in neither a programmatic defense of any particular vision of the Con...
a shared repentance and amendment of life make genuine community possible
In my judgment, it is the opportunity to receive and extend forgiveness that is the greatest possible inducement to repentance and amendment of life, and — I ca...