Tolkien and Tech

Given J.R.R. Tolkien’s self-evident greatness (and the millions of copies his novels have sold), it is perhaps little surprise that HarperCollins—the house now responsible for publishing his works—continually unearths obscure texts to bring out in new editions. Continue Reading...

How Cars Can Keep Us Human

Truck drivers are cowboys. I work at a food warehouse. Truckers show up with 40,000 pounds of primal-cut beef, equivalent to maybe 50 head of cattle, driven from Nebraska, by a team of horses, bit, bridled, and reined by internal combustion. Continue Reading...

10 Questions on Economics and Morality

Posted at the Center for a Just Society (notice courtesy the National Humanities Institute), Dr. Mark T. Mitchell asks a series of questions focused on the intersection between morality and economics in light of the recent financial crisis. Continue Reading...