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In 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,' the curtain falls on tradition
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- September 19, 2025
Dear Dr. Peterson, Word has got about that you have been seriously ill lately, even in danger of death, and that your present struggle goes back several years, involving an auto-immune disorder and medication for anxiety. It seems hardly surprising that a demanding life as a public intellectual and controversialist in recent years has damaged your health.
READ MOREAt the end of The Unheavenly City: The Nature and the Future of Our Urban Crisis (1968), Edward Banfield presents a prospect regarding race relations that seems to have been fulfilled since his tumultuous years and ours: a reign of error. Let me set the stage. America had become the wealthiest nation in the history
READ MOREOver at the blog A Pilgrim in Narnia, Brenton Dickieson has done something kind of cool. He has taken C.S. Lewis’ book An Experiment in Criticism—in which Lewis attempts to answer the question “what makes a great book?”—and listed in chronological order all of the great books that Lewis references. The list serves not only
READ MOREWith the focus on COVID-19 shifting from the health emergency (easing) to getting the economy going again (glimmers of hope), it’s easy to forget just how good the economy was before the pandemic hit. Recall that in mid-February, financial news organizations were reporting that the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes were hitting record
READ MORESo much of the news cycle and the telegraphed concerns of our commentariat are completely fake. Fake crises like “climate change,” a phone call with the leader of Ukraine, or whether someone used the wrong pronouns tend to dominate the news cycle. The recent Democratic presidential primary is a good example. At one point, the
READ MOREAt the beginning of the year, a couple of my coworkers challenged me to join the yearly book challenge on Goodreads. While I am still wrapping up a few of my selections, I’m on track to finish my goal, and it’s rewarding to see the finish line in sight. Having done this challenge, I took
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