Adam Gopnik
Another Week Ends: Walser’s Wounds, Diet Supremacists, Homel …
1. Much of value comes across one’s desk during Holy Week, and this year was […]
Another Week Ends: Self-Making Atheists, Structural Dating, Indisc …
1. In The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik took the release of two new books about […]
Another Week Ends: Advent Mudballs, Freaks and Geeks, Christian Pa …
1. Not sure exactly what The American Interest is, but Walter Russell Mead’s reflection on […]
Dehumanization and the Human Mind
Kicking off a day full of neuroscience is the review in the NY Times of […]
Winston Churchill on Appeasement
From Adam Gopnik’s write-up of the latest crop of Churchill literature in one of this […]
The New Yorker on Modern (Re-)Interpretations of Jesus
For all you New Yorker readers out there, I’d like to recommend an interesting (though […]
Salinger as Preacher: Clear Speech and Childlike Enchantment
While we’re on the topic of preaching pointers from surprising places… Adam Gopnik’s brief piece […]
How To Make A Funeral More Depressing
There was a thought-provoking piece on NPR this morning about the rising popularity of “non-religious” […]