Culture • Popular Culture The Hunger Games, and More Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read What kind of a world is it, anyway? Who are we? Why do we live the way we do? Meg and I finally watched “The Hunger Games” over the weekend.... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Telos, Praxis and Gio Gonzalez Too Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Telos and praxis. Mostly we don’t use words like that, unusual as they are; but that doesn’t make them bad words, or even irrelevant words. In fact they are words... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations The Ordinariness of Good and Evil Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read One of my heroes is Gideon Strauss, a native South African, for many years the editor of Comment, and now the director of the De Pree Center for Leadership in... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations All A’s and Still Flunking Life Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “I was just someone who shared notes, and now I’m implicated in this.” At least that is the way a Harvard undergraduate explains the cheating scandal that has recently rocked... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations Art Imitating Life, Life Imitating Art Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Art imitating life, life imitating art. Sometimes it is not so easy to tell which is which. Yesterday I had an email from a friend whose company is making a... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture A Good Prayer Dr. Steven Garber | < 1 min read Almost ten years ago I spoke at a conference on “The Faces of Justice,” and met Jena Lee (now Nardella), then an undergraduate. Over time we have become friends and... Continue Reading