Amazon and Us
We are distinctly susceptible to businesses that ingeniously cater to and profit from our greatest vulnerabilities
From Pilgrim to Tourist to...?
Posted on May 10, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Photograph by by-studio; Shutterstock.
One thinks of identity whenever one is not sure of where one belongs.
The Problem with “Western” Religions on Campus
by
Anna Keating
Posted on May 4, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Berry College Chapel in Mount Berry, Georgia.
The workplace had become so toxic that it was affecting my well-being.
A New Guild System
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on April 20, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Logos for YouTube and Substack on a William Morris design; THR illustration.
What if the more successful political commentators on Substack, or music teachers on YouTube, or masters of the podcast interview, began to teach their craft to others?
Stories to Tell
Posted on April 15, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Inmates take an exam at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, 2017; Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG.
Apart of a Community—Or a Part of It
Posted on April 12, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Woodcut from the 1969 Caedmon Records recording of the poetry of Walt Whitman read by Ed Begley.
Reading and interpreting poetry offers a unique way to cultivate ethical knowledge and therefore bears on collective, and not just individual, life.
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