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The Education of a Working Man

"..just as a bad man is nevertheless a man, so a bad poet is nevertheless a poet." – G.K. Chesterton

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An impressionistic review of “Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” by Aimee Byrd

Posted on November 29, 2020November 30, 2020 by tyler
An impressionistic review of “Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” by Aimee Byrd

(Note: After writing what follows, I read Andrew Naselli’s truly superb review at the recommendation of a good friend. I highly recommend it to those Continue Reading

Posted In book reviews

#251: Warm Colors

Posted on November 20, 2020November 14, 2020 by tyler
#251: Warm Colors

Pattern The greens and greys of hospitals and office corridors are depressing and cold. Natural wood, sunlight, bright colors are warm. In some way, the Continue Reading

Posted In architectureTagged In living architecture, pattern language

Kidner on wisdom’s breadth

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by tyler
Kidner on wisdom’s breadth

It was no misuse of scripture to inscribe over the entrance of not only the old Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge but, in the 1970s, of Continue Reading

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#252: Pools of Light

Posted on November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 by tyler
#252: Pools of Light

Pattern Uniform illumination — the sweetheart of the lighting engineers — serves no useful purpose whatsoever. In fact, it destroys the social nature of space, Continue Reading

Posted In architectureTagged In pattern language

#253: Things from Your Life

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 by tyler
#253: Things from Your Life

(This is the start of a series in which I will be going through Christopher Alexander’s “Pattern Language” book in reverse order, from the smallest Continue Reading

Posted In architecture, UncategorizedTagged In living architecture, pattern language

American colonists as blacks

Posted on August 11, 2020August 10, 2020 by tyler
American colonists as blacks

Indeed, one is tempted to say that the colonists existed in the consciousness of Englishmen somewhat as blacks in America have existed, until very recently, Continue Reading

Posted In food for thoughtTagged In american history, black people

“Lack of Communication”

Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 by tyler
“Lack of Communication”

The American revolution cannot be understood unless it is possible to see each party to the dispute through the eyes of its opponent. We often Continue Reading

Posted In food for thoughtTagged In american history, Listening

An Incomplete Review of “A Conflict of Visions” by Thomas Sowell

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 by tyler
An Incomplete Review of “A Conflict of Visions” by Thomas Sowell

Preface In what has been described as a unusually non-polemical entry in his long list of works, in “A Conflict of Visions” Dr. Thomas Sowell Continue Reading

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(Mini) Miniseries review: “Charite at War”

Posted on July 6, 2020July 4, 2020 by tyler
(Mini) Miniseries review: “Charite at War”

Reposted from my original post on Facebook in 2019: I was floored by this hidden gem I found on Netflix: “Charite at War”, a German Continue Reading

Posted In Film and TV ReviewsTagged In Bonhoeffer, Euthanasia, German, World War 2

Review: The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Posted on July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 by tyler
Review: The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Preface Mr. Jemar Tisby is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS and a PhD candidate in history at The University of Mississippi. Continue Reading

Posted In book reviews, racismTagged In american history, anthropology, black people, civil rights, slavery, theology

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