Connecting Thoughts

Nine propositions for good public spaces

One, if we want good public spaces, we have to get comfortable with the fact that this means telling 2-5% of people that they are not allowed to be…

Oct 16 • 

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September 2025

Against the slow decay of our public spaces

I have an essay in Michigan Enjoyer today

Sep 24 • 

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Thoughts about Kevin DeYoung writing about Peter Kreeft writing about becoming Catholic

In the latest First Things magazine, Kevin DeYoung has a review of Peter Kreeft’s new book From Calvinist to Catholic. Kevin DeYoung was formerly the…

Sep 17 • 

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Animating the daughter's paintings with AI

A low-key, pro-human-creativity use of the technology, I think

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

Thomas Edison on religion and the machine age

Also, the bias toward the default

Aug 21 • 

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The Protestant work ethic v. the rhythms of nature

I hadn’t intended to write this little post, but it is something fairly often on my mind these days actually - that some Protestants in America…

Aug 12 • 

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July 2025

Brief observation about kids and screens

Barriers to entry can be a very good thing.

Jul 17 • 

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We need a societal-consensus answer for how to deal with the homeless-by-choice

Alas that we no longer have a frontier.

Jul 8 • 

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June 2025

The transition from humanism to dataism

Increasingly, life gains meaning when it becomes part of the great data stream.

Jun 25 • 

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Where are the Christians writing science fiction?

Also, a review of Georgi Boorman's new "Liminal Wake"

Jun 16 • 

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Your culture will be pro-eugenics by tomorrow

Embryo-testing for intelligence is here, right now

Jun 4 • 

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Once upon a time in the West (last week, I mean)

Wide open spaces, popular poetry, nothing stops this train, meeting celebrities

Jun 2 • 

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