Category: Literature

Where are the Watchmen? (Day 2)

I attended the Eighth Day Symposium, an Orthodox-inspired but broadly somewhat ecumenical gathering, Friday and Saturday. The Symposium title was “Where Are the Watchmen?,” based on a September 2016 Harpers essay by Alan Jacobs.

Some highlights of Saturday (Friday’s highlights are here). Sit back. It’s long — but very rewarding. I’ll highlight the links to my personal favorites, but your mileage may vary.

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Thank goodness it’s over

I have no idea why we should think that the dropping of a ball in Times’ Square should mark the end of the troubles, but I’ll wink at any ritual assurance I can get.

  1. Rest for Your Soul
  2. Lay aside all earthly cares
  3. Freedom of Fiction
  4. Straight-Edged Ruler in a Fractal Universe
  5. Our Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  6. The Power of Language
  7. Wendell Berry supplement
  8. Immigrants, State-by-State

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Xmas, Observed (U.S.) 2016

  1. What is the meaning of this city?
  2. More on “reality”
  3. Tidbits from The Great Divorce
  4. Dateline Bethlehem
  5. Biden on Clinton
  6. Trump’s Attorney General

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Friday evening, 10/21/16

  1. Which God don’t you believe in?
  2. Shoring up The Imperium
  3. Lumpy. That’s what we are.
  4. An unexpectedly Safe (Internet) Space
  5. Realism versus Ideology
  6. Never say die
  7. Sane Donald
  8. Judicial Confirmation Question #1

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