On Trolleys and Flying Shrimp: Two Philosophers Weigh in on The Good Place
An interview with Lindsay Brainard & Keshav Singh Warning: extra-long bonus post, because: philosophy! After watching the first two episodes of The Good Place, I
An interview with Lindsay Brainard & Keshav Singh Warning: extra-long bonus post, because: philosophy! After watching the first two episodes of The Good Place, I
Morning, west window The sky feels oddly bright, considering the snow thickly falling in clustered flakes. The wind gusts, whirling flakes into powder, snowglobing my
Earlier this week, Gillette dropped a new advertisement called “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be.” Well, you would think they had dropped a match
I couldn’t even watch one whole episode. The first season of the new Marie Kondo television series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, dropped on Netflix
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. —
Today, guest blogger and advice columnist Pious Petunia is back to offer a little sensible comfort and joy for those wearied by the weirdness of
But perhaps individual virtue-modeling (what we used the call “the character question” in American politics) is not the only question. What if we also ask
On a typical day, I prepare to teach three different texts for the three courses I’m currently teaching: Shakespeare, Early British Literature, and introductory creative
Some quick work with online tools surprised me: the Bible is full of dwelling, from the Pentateuch to Revelation—at least in English. It turns out
Shakespeare is right to show us that there is no guarantee of reward for choosing integrity and mercy. Over against the example of his sources,