an exercise in aggressive sanity maintenance
welcome to the barking years
Maybe you’ve noticed that the world’s gone barking mad.
Often furious but rarely thoughtless, this blog represents an effort to find answers, explore ideas, and stay sane during…well, whatever it is that we’re going through.
We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars
~Jack Gilbert
Recent Blog Posts
Actually Kate, there IS a “they”
I’m not going to be gaslit about drawing hard lines in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination I’ve guess been struggling to come to grips with the murder of Charlie Kirk. Obviously there’s the gruesome reality of what happens when a bullet goes through a man’s neck, and I’ve watched those few seconds of footage…
The Courage to Follow
Why that one line always gets me There are spoilers for a nearly 50 year old movie in this. I first saw the movie Watership Down (1978) as an early teen, and even then, it felt old. Even compared to other animated films from that period–Disney’s Robinhood (1973) or The Rescuers (1977) –Watership was noticeably…
Red & Blue Christianity pt. 1
Understanding Progressivism and Christian Nationalism I’ve been rereading The Brothers Karamazov. This book changed my life when I read it at seventeen, and returning to its pages in a culture and at a time so different from the one in which I originally encountered them has given me a unique angle for considering the changes…
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