In Medias Res

Okay, so I'm thinking: first day of May. Springtime, festivals, paganism, fertility rites, new beginnings, dancing by the light of the m...

If, in these troubled times, you're not reading my friend Damon Linker's blog , well, you should be. Not that I'd expect the ma...

[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] It's been a while since I've written one of my genuine, quasi- Luddist , slacker-in-the-face...

I've written before, at length, on the ambiguous situation of being a teacher in our late capitalist, late modern wold. And I've wr...

They weren't truly part of the synthpop crowd--or at the very least, very quickly transcended it--but how could I not include the Euryt...

If my involvement over at Front Porch Republic has done anything for me, it has introduced me to enough thinking-outside-the-box conservati...

[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] Not too long ago, I asked all you readers just what sort of geek I should be . (The answer, in case ...

Sorry I missed a week there. But now I'm back...and what do I have for you? Ah yes, Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love." A...

I have a constantly edited and updated list, about three pages long (and yes, if you're asking, I still write and save everything as Wor...

For the moment, this morning, my faith (or at least my delight) in humanity has been restored: