The Intersection of Faith and Culture
“Trailer Trash” was the theme of the event, and its guests had embraced that fully: the garish colours of the paint that had been splattered across so many jean cut-offs clashed loudly with the lacy thongs that whale-tailed for freedom in every direction. It was a flashy, sexy, sweaty summer […]
Mike Carnegie is the assistant captain of the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), but if you met him, you would never know. He rarely, if ever, speaks of his accomplishments — of which he has many, including a World Indoor Lacrosse Championship for Team Canada in 2010 […]
A friend recently congratulated me on my “absolute liberty,” as he put it. “You should try it,” I said glibly. “It’s scary, but it’s fun.” He said that he was working on it. Then I felt like a jerk, because really, who am I to act as if I’m the […]
Does reading make us better people? Gregory Currie began the debate near the beginning of June when he wrote an essay in The New York Times arguing that although reading might make us morally better people, there is little evidence to support this belief. As Adam Gopnik once remarked in […]
The following is an excerpt from Paul Angone’s new book 101 Secrets for your Twenties. #59 The most ridiculous thing you can do as an adult is stop being ridiculous. Taking yourself too seriously is very serious work. Very important, steadfast, I can’t be bothered business. Where you save up every […]
Today’s Best Podcasts I am a podcast junkie. I love them. I have probably test-driven well over 30 podcasts over the years, keeping some and discarding the rest. This process has taught me the number one rule of listening to podcasts: never listen to a podcast unless you really want […]
