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In Medias Res

Essays, notes, and fragments--personal, political, and philosophical--from the midst of things

"Provocative, yet flawed."--Stephen Schneck

Friday, October 28, 2022

Two Voices for Evan McMullin

[I've written about the intriguing Mike Lee-Evan McMullin Senate race in Utah before , and it's not hard to figure out where someone...

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Back to the Bottom-Line (Apocalyptically and Practically Speaking) at the Land Institute

[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] The cabin pictured here, both with its original inhabitant and with some of my students and I standi...

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

On Philosophy, Religion, Nazis, Conservatives, Leftists, Damon Linker, and Me

[Damon Linker-- pundi t , author , oft-infuritating centrist , and all-around great human being-- recently lost his father , and is taking a...

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

What Emporia (and Kansas) Has Lost

[ Two weeks ago, Emporia State University President Ken Hush pushed through a plan that allowed him to engage in a devastating "restruc...

Monday, September 19, 2022

A Comic (But Not Comical) Take on Mormon History

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] As an intellectually-inclined, book-obsessed, life-long member of the Mormon Church, I have read many h...

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