Author Archives: PaulVK

https://thebulwark.com/everyone-should-leave-greta-thunberg-alone/ "The whole point of the child icons is that they are screens on which adults can project their agendas while hiding behind the purity of children who most people will be loath to criticize." – @SykesCharlie https://t.co/EYHaMezCoy — Tom … Continue reading →

https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1205211059272876032 Chart: In some Asian and African countries, majorities live with extended family https://t.co/ML0uSLuGLh pic.twitter.com/FjcqUtFax5 — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) December 12, 2019

https://twitter.com/DogOfPoasts/status/1205132030293331968

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/12/20984832/hallmark-christmas-movies-2019-christmascon-deck-the-hallmark

In rural Kansas, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving, if insular, community, @emmaogreen reports. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation? https://t.co/Rw4LyjEku7 — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 12, 2019

is this what everyone is raving about? is this what marriage is like? bc it just looks like a snippet of what my abusive ex would do lmao and everyone wonders why i don’t want to get married https://t.co/s9vD1nWr9b — … Continue reading →

James Orr, Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at Cambridge, reviews @holland_tom's Dominion: 'One of the central achievements [is] the forcefulness with which it illuminates by contrast the moral horror of cultures unleavened by Christianity’s influence'.https://t.co/08RapSyYEC — The Critic (@TheCriticMag) December … Continue reading →

THREAD: Supremacy is a pathology. — Chloé S. Valdary 📚 (@cvaldary) December 12, 2019 Without a grand narrative to situation many “others” common traumas will produce narratives that produce enemy-others. You will tribe up against those enemy-others and humanity replays … Continue reading →

Deeply moving and challenging letter from a Millennial Christian reader who is desperate for thick community — but who doesn't find it at church, only in the coffeeshop where he works. Read this and give him advice, or at least … Continue reading →