Noah Millman has a stellar essay in The Weekly Standard on Louis CK and Woody Allen. It's wide-ranging film- and cultural-criticism of the best sort: Louis and Woody
Techrything is terrible (but especially the last piece on how porn is shaping young minds and libidos; it is heartbreaking):
Nick Bilton, Vanity Fair, "This Is Serious": Facebook Begins Its Downward Spiral
L M Sacasas, The American Conservative, Our Great Awakening to the Ethics of Technology
Addison del Mastro, The American Conservative, Looking for an Exit Off the Information Superhighway
Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J X Dance, Richard Harris, & Mark Hansen, NYT, The Follower Factory
Maggie Jones, NYT Mag, What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn
Gracy Olmstead is in the Intercollegiate Review, writing that Politics is Filling the Gaping Hole in Human Connection
Unfortunately, I don't always remember to take that advice; I'm trying to break the habit of reading about this man, but these pieces were pretty good (especially Liz's):
James Fallows, The Atlantic, Calling the Trump Era by Its Proper Name
Jonathan Rauch & Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic, Boycott the Republican Party
Elizabeth Bruenig, WaPo, Trump’s paid family leave plan would punish those who choose to have kids
Several pieces on tribalism, identity politics, pluralism, etc., most of which are very good book reviews:
Alan Jacobs, ABC Religion & Ethics, Embrace the Pain: Living with the Repugnant Cultural Other
Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy, Book Review: Confident Pluralism by John Inazu
Michael Wear, TGC, The Blind Spots of Identity (and Liberal) Politics
Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine, When Two Tribes Go to War
Damon Linker, NYT, The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?
Some assorted good Christian writing:
B D McClay, Commonweal, The Comedy in Ash & RosesT Desmond Alexander, Crossway, A Biblical Theology of the City of God
D H Dilbeck, CT, The Radical Christian Faith of Frederick Douglass
These pieces are all in response to prominent Church figures – John Piper, Pope Francis, and the President (heh) – and not one is favorable
Sandra Glahn, Bible.org, Reflections of a Female Seminary Professor
The Editors, Commonweal, A Time to Judge
James Misner, TGC, The Greatest Gospel Opportunity in a Generation – Lost
Malka Groden, National Review, The Power of Domestic Adoption
Andrew Russell, The Rabbit Room, Choosing Our Limitations: Thoughts on Community
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