Some more of my writing, from around the Web:

“After Enlightenment” (review of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture, by Louis Dupré), Commonweal, January 30, 2009. [Subscriber access only.]

“First Things and Others”, Culture11, January 11, 2009.

“Schooled”, Culture11, December 28, 2008.

“A Libertarian Moment?”, Culture11, December 14, 2008.

“A Thankful Prayer”, Culture11, November 23, 2008.

“Look Away!”, Culture11, November 11, 2008.

“Untied States”, The American Conservative, November 3, 2008.

“The Elephant in the Mideast”, Culture11, October 26, 2008.

“Fishes and Loaves”, Culture11, October 12, 2008.

“A country so polarized that consuming arugula has become a political act”, Plenty, October 6, 2008.

“Wine, Cheese, and Change”, Culture11, September 28, 2008.

“A Marginal Farm”, Culture11, September 7, 2008.

“Some Like It Raw: Big Dairy, Big Government, and the War On Unboiled Milk”, Doublethink, Summer 2008.

“A Portrait of the Candidate as a Pile of Words”, The Boston Globe, August 3, 2008.

“Eat Republican”, The Boston Globe, July 20, 2008.

“Boarding the Mothership”, Doublethink Online, July 10, 2008.

“Food for Thought”, The American Conservative, June 30, 2008.

“Rethinking the Right”, Doublethink Online, May 26, 2008.

“Moving the Soil” (review of Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? 23 Questions From Great Philosophers, by Leszek Kołakowski), Commonweal, April 25, 2008. [Subscriber access only.]

“For the Love of Place and People”, First Principles, April 21, 2008.

“A Two-Dimensional Country” (review of Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes, by James Conaway), First Principles, March 25, 2008.