Cinema"The Midnight Club": Perfection as the enemy of the GoodOn Mike Flanagan's new series and the nihilism of insisting people are perfect as they are. In Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix offering,...
CultureUnseen Terror: On uncertainty and fearOn terror vs horror, the stories of Stephen King, and dancing with death. If there’s one thing (though I’m sure there are many) that...
BooksDo Facts Matter in Fiction?On objective facts, subjective experience, and whether authenticity is more useful than truth in art. “Kind reader, with keen judgment...
CultureFounders, Builders, Heroes: How to fix problemsOn the courage required to face our problems and the strength needed to overcome them. There’s a passage in Giovanni’s Room by James...
CultureSorrow in the Conservative SoulHow Philip Larkin's 1958 poem describes the sense of loss that haunts the conservative worldview. Home is so sad. It stays as it was...
CultureHow to Tell a Story About the Good LifeWhat kind of narrative can we build and share that motivates us to live well, in the absence of a religious story? Some years ago, a...
