Archive - Border-Stalkers

March 2025

My conversation with Jonathan Rauch about his new book "Cross Purposes"

I wrote about Jonathan Rauch's book a month ago.

Mar 22 •

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February 2025

Jonathan Rauch is trying to keep us from backsliding into a pre-Enlightenment world

Rauch's project over two books is in some sense to preserve an Enlightenment-based society in which we kill hypotheses instead of one another

Feb 11 •

January 2025

From the Archives: The Haunting Memory of Martin Luther King Jr.

He is not a "plaster saint"

Jan 20 •

December 2024

Jimmy Carter was the model of a Christian President

He knew that faith and political power are a dangerous combination, and sought to combine them with humility, restraint and prudence. Then he returned…

Dec 30, 2024 •

November 2024

We Will Have to Forgive One Another After Election Day, and Then Do Better

There are some unhealthy reasons and some legitimate reasons why our hopes and fears are tied up in today's result. The key is how we respond.

Nov 5, 2024 •

October 2024

September 2024

August 2024

Heading into the fall

An update on the books coming this fall, and what I'm thinking about 2025

Aug 29, 2024 •

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