Sorry for my silence through October and November. I suppose I just have to be reconciled to the fact that my blogging will always go a bit more radio silent during semesters. My mind gets so...

It's been a couple weeks of busy-ness: a conference in Rome, then a conference I was co-organizing (really, one whose organization was done by our grad students, whom I co-oversaw), and now just a...

Well, not really a week's worth.  But after a week, some links.  Actually I was just in Rome this past week, which was an amazing experience--I hadn't been in Rome for over forty years.  Spoiler alert...

Back here, sorry I've been slow--it's a busy September for me!  After the next several weeks, I should be back here more.  In the meantime, I have been harvesting links...

Another piece about...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine staggers on, but recently there's been some evidence of at least a performative counter-offensive on the Ukranians' side.  I don't think it will change things very...

Sunday, August 28, was the feast day of St Augustine of Hippo, who died August 28, 430 AD.

“When you really spend time with Augustine he is remarkably vulnerable, humble, and very much imagines...

Sorry I've been quiet--just getting ready for classes.  They started yesterday for us, and I'm still getting ready for them.

But I do have the links for you.

Wow, this is a really wide-ranging...

This piece makes an increasingly common argument about how higher end needs to disenthrall itself from the spell of “growth” ideology. In some ways it’s part of a larger critique of growth coming out...

Last full week of summer, before the academic year starts next week.  This means of course that the foreshadowing of the near future has eclipsed my possibility of enjoying this week as summer, at...

Off in some part of the world that is not home, I post these links just to give proof of life.

Good interview with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, a young philosopher whose work is interesting on several...