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Seeing our entanglements more clearly

From my review of Daniel Vaca's Evangelicals, Inc.: Books and the Business of Religion in America, published this week by Comment magazine: If we squint just...

"America Undefined" *or* there's nothing normal about normal

If Hutton imagined a Midwest just reaching high noon, more recent writers use a tone that varies between chastened and scared. If the Midwesterner of the...

Superpowers (and jazz and sangria)

If you could choose one superpower... In case you were wondering, "There is no rigid definition of 'a superpower.'" At least that's what Wikipedia says....

A mini-tribute to Sir John Houghton

A mini-tribute to Sir John Houghton I don't intend this newsletter to start with something like an obituary on anything like a regular basis, even during...

(Mostly) Recommended Easter weekend listening

For the most part, I'm taking an Easter weekend break from the newsletter, but I do have a few recommendations -- mostly for listening -- this weekend. (If...

Losses and lessons

Losses This past week, we learned that Michael Sorkin, the architect, critic, and urban theorist, died of complications from COVID-19. One of Sorkin's best-...

Pandemic projects

Shelter in place = a new pace Canceling most face-to-face engagements and moving the remainder online does change the pace of things. Suddenly, we find...

Gifts and Forgiveness

Greetings, friends. Welcome to Issue #1 of Gifts and Forgiveness. After thinking through a newsletter for a while -- probably a little over a year now --...