When a Jeremiad Falls Short
There is no shortage of jeremiads about the American university.
Authenticity’s Imperative
Posted on May 27, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: Adam Gonzales via Unsplash.com
We have here two very different approaches to spiritual authenticity.
How to Destroy a Civilization
Posted on May 18, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: Saint Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Where is culture that gave humanity the symphonies and operas of Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov?
What Does Mark Zuckerberg Want from the Metaverse?
For Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse is personally important, a way to achieve an absolute good through connecting people.
You Are Not a Server
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on April 26, 2022
in THR Web Features
Image: A bank of servers with an illustration of Sir Leicester Dedlock by Kyd [Joseph Clayton Clark], Free Library of Philadelphia; THR illustration.
We have been trained by social media to use our brains as servers.
The Russo-Ukrainian War and Global Order
The war has ruined any chance of Russo-Western cooperation any time soon; whatever hope the Biden administration has had of peeling Russia away from China lies in tatters.
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