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Aug 10, 2026
It is a sunny July morning in the Midwest, one of those days when it starts off cool, the dew lingering a while on the grass and the delighted flowers. Yet you know the second you...
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Aug 4, 2026
At the end of August this summer, I’m going to be back in the college classroom for the first time in three years—or, technically, almost six years, since the last...
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Jun 3, 2026
A driver on I-71 who takes the exit toward Ashland, Ohio, my home now for nearly three years, will be greeted with an oversized welcome sign, boldly proclaiming: “World...
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May 21, 2026
In his 2024 book All Things Are Full of Gods, the renowned philosopher of religion David Bentley Hart wrote a Socratic dialogue unlike any other. The premise? The ancient Greek gods...
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May 7, 2026
This is not a metaphor. I placed my key in the lock and tried to turn it to unlock the back door to my Midwestern home. Instead, the key got stuck. Only with effort did I manage to...
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Apr 15, 2026
The man who edited the Odyssey papyri went blind,” a a Greek professor of mine once remarked, a reminder that there is always a price to pay for discovery. It could be...
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Feb 18, 2026
Is literary culture in America on the decline? The decline of reading in all age groups is certainly well-documented and is grave cause for alarm. And so, when The...
Aug 10, 2026It is a sunny July morning in the Midwest, one of those days when it starts off cool, the dew lingering a while on the grass and the delighted flowers. Yet you know the second you...
Aug 4, 2026At the end of August this summer, I’m going to be back in the college classroom for the first time in three years—or, technically, almost six years, since the last...
Jun 3, 2026A driver on I-71 who takes the exit toward Ashland, Ohio, my home now for nearly three years, will be greeted with an oversized welcome sign, boldly proclaiming: “World...
May 7, 2026This is not a metaphor. I placed my key in the lock and tried to turn it to unlock the back door to my Midwestern home. Instead, the key got stuck. Only with effort did I manage to...
Apr 15, 2026The man who edited the Odyssey papyri went blind,” a a Greek professor of mine once remarked, a reminder that there is always a price to pay for discovery. It could be...