Archive for the 'Great writing' Category

Sometimes there’s more to consider than the one posing a question has himself considered

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

At Pajamas Media, Roger Kimball takes on the question “Isn’t it better to be open to other people’s points of view?”

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“Stunted modes of behavior” are everywhere

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

In her column today, Diana West very effectively ties together several recent sociocultural developments and show how they spell “The Death of the Grownup.”  She’s covering much the same ground that the always-marvelous Joseph Epstein did in a 2004 essay for The Weekly Standard called “The Perpetual Adolescent“, but these new observations of hers add substantive elements to the argument. 

Posted in Culture, Manners and taste, Character & Virtue, world war iii, Great writing | 4 Comments »

The family that drags together brags together

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

My article in the August issue of Our Brown County on the high-velocity Guffey family.

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The Toms of the world and their impact on fate

Monday, July 9th, 2007

To read one of the five most poignant, superbly written reminiscences you will ever come across, go here.

Posted in human sexuality, Great writing, The really important things in life | 5 Comments »