Is there something to be said for a constitution infused with political values that creates a way of living together, especially with deep differences over social values? Is the better state one that embodies these political values, that seeks human flourishing, first, by recognizing its limits, and refuses to extend its jurisdiction to the salvation of souls?
I write a lot, I edit, I take photos, I help maintain the college’s website, I answer lots of phone calls and send many e-mails. And I sometimes eat lunch.
In this informal portrait, Pierre Bourreau—the designer responsible for the layout of the print edition of Comment magazine—strikes a satirical pose in a quasi-self-deprecating caricature of himself. It's not easy to be a smoker these days—kicked outside in subzero...
Every teacher or community leader knows how hard it is to “love the people” all the time; how hard it is to try one more time to explain something already laboured over earlier. Yet still we try again, starting each time anew. This is the vocation, the calling of the teacher-leader.
Fashion democratization has increased understanding of couture as an art, and has broken through the perception of couture as a closet-filling hobby of the very rich. The recent “blog mode: addressing fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute speaks to this simultaneous elevation and democratization of fashion.
I con people into believing I have interesting things to say.
This triptych was created on a beautiful April day when our city was screaming 'finally—Spring!'. My husband hoisted our nearly-two-year-old son onto his back and we set out to stretch our legs up and then down the 500 steps at the top of Wentworth Street in Hamilton,...
Great coffeehouses embody four elements: Creation, Calling, Community, and Communion. This is the cultural potential of the third place. Countless times I’ve heard teachers and students say the most fulfilling parts of the college experience are the extended conversations, the relationships that develop and expand on the assignments.
Although a “baseball novel,” Safe at Home is also a story deeply rooted in the racial conflict surrounding the early civil rights movement in the American South. Racism in this novel, much to Doster’s credit, is never dealt with lightly or typically, forcing the reader to confront the insidiousness of racial prejudice.
We rescue people, we help families in slavery, we work for the release of innocent men and women in prison, we protect children—my three-year old son sees our work to protect children like Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego’s adventures when they rescue distressed animals.
A reflection from the publisher of Comment.
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