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Cole Feix
Feb 17, 20214 min read
Wild Tides and Prudent Politics - What I've Been Reading
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke This is one of those trips into fiction that leaves me wondering why I don’t read it more often. Piranesi is a...
Tyler Tidwell
Jan 29, 20218 min read
Review: After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
Is Western civilization losing its morality? Our philosophers appear incapable of achieving anything resembling a consensus on morals,...
Cole Feix
Dec 31, 20207 min read
Cole Feix: My Favorite Articles of the Year
There have been so many wonderful articles this year, it's hard to narrow the list down. I've found myself searching more than ever...
Brittany Proffitt
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Podcast: The Best Books of 2020
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Recommended The Splendid and the Vile - Larson (link here) Live Not By...
Tyler Tidwell
Dec 2, 20204 min read
Review: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
What does it mean to be educated? In a controversial manifesto, lifelong college professor Allan Bloom offers a critique of trends in...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
Nov 27, 20209 min read
Review: The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
I've come to appreciate the voice and work of Jemar Tisby. While he and I would not agree on every point of our culture's recent social...
Tyler Tidwell
Nov 18, 20206 min read
Review: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
In 1998, when the Modern Library solicited readers to select the 100 best English language novels published since 1900, Atlas Shrugged...
Cole Feix
Nov 3, 20204 min read
A Few Non-Election Best Reads
“Of, By, and For the Freedmen” - James Hankins and Allen Guelzo, The New Criterion Statue toppling, predictably, knows no bounds. These...
Tyler Tidwell
Oct 21, 20209 min read
Review: The Great Delusion by John Mearsheimer
Liberalism in international relations (IR) is the theory that democracy, inalienable natural rights, and diplomatic, economic, and...
Tyler Tidwell
Sep 30, 20209 min read
Review: The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
Camus begins by posing a simple question: is life worth living? After reading this, most readers (and understandably) roll their eyes and...
Tyler Tidwell
Sep 16, 20205 min read
Review: Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
In a series of twenty lectures, James gives a thorough analysis of the religious experiences of man. Here is an outline of his main...
Tyler Tidwell
Sep 2, 20209 min read
Review: The View from Nowhere by Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel’s The View from Nowhere is neither an easy nor particularly exciting read, and Nagel raises far more questions than he...
Cole Feix
Aug 26, 20205 min read
Best Reads - Aug. 26, 2020
“A Better Anti-Racism” - Coleman Hughes, Persuasion Coleman Hughes has become a really important commentator on social issues, race, and...
Cole Feix
May 4, 20204 min read
Best Reads - May 4, 2020
“Do You Feel My Pain? Empathy, Sympathy, and Dangerous Virtues” - Joe Rigney, Desiring God Is empathy a bad thing? Surely not. Take some...
Cole Feix
Apr 20, 20204 min read
Best Reads - April 20, 2020
“Proxy Wars Over Religious Liberty” - Ryan T. Anderson, National Affairs Every Christian feels the pace of the social and moral...
Cole Feix
Mar 9, 20207 min read
My American History Self-Education Reading List
Believe it or not, I took civics twice. Once in 7th grade and again in 9th. I took the required American History course in college...
Cole Feix
Dec 21, 20185 min read
Best Books of 2018
Everybody gets excited this time of year. Christmas is only a few days away, the lights are up across the city, and Christmas parties are...
Cole Feix
Dec 19, 20188 min read
Now Reading - 12.19.18
Every week on our Patreon, I publish a post called “Now Reading” and this week I thought I’d share it with everybody! Here’s a list of...
Cole Feix
Nov 16, 20187 min read
A Whole Lot Less Coddling
Blogging through the Coddling of the American Mind has been one of my favorite series of posts. A big part of the reason is I think it’s...
Cole Feix
Oct 5, 20186 min read
Well, If That's the Way You Feel
Victimhood is a fascinating, if heartbreaking, social trend. There is a difference between victimhood and being a victim, of course....
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