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Fall 2024

The Ideal Man

Donald Winchester

In a society where men often struggle to feel respected, some may want to return to more “traditional” values. Could the manosphere and its communities give them the solutions they’re searching for?

Summer 2024

Why Religion Still Appeals to So Many

Donald Winchester

People will sometimes endure incredible obstacles to practice their faith. Why is religious engagement so important to people?

Fall 2023

The Power of Cultural Bubbles

Donald Winchester

Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we all live within our own cultural bubble—a bubble that can determine what we see, how we think and how we act.

Spring 2023

How English Became So Popular

Donald Winchester

In a globalized world, an international lingua franca is arguably inevitable. What are the implications of English being today’s “world language”?

Summer 2022

When We Talk About Statues . . .

Donald Winchester

The controversy over whether and how to venerate historical figures raises fundamental questions.

Winter 2022

The Making of a Hero

Donald Winchester

The World War II story of a young man in the Polish Underground invites us to consider what we idealize in others.

Summer 2021

Money Makes the World Go ’Round

Donald Winchester

When almost anything can be commodified, our sense of what’s valuable can easily be skewed. What do we value most in life?

Spring 2021

The Cost of Your Coffee

Donald Winchester

For centuries, Africa has suffered at the hands of opportunists seeking to enrich themselves at the continent’s expense, with far-reaching results.

Winter 2021

Is the Past Just a Mirror of the Present?

Donald Winchester

Values play a key role in our understanding of history. A shift in those values may demand that we recontextualize the past.

Fall 2020

Can Capitalism Care About People?

Donald Winchester

Though it’s the world’s dominant economic system, capitalism’s excesses are drawing increasing criticism.

Spring 2020

Divided We Stand

Donald Winchester

Vision reviews Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes, in which author James Mumford proposes a way out of the political trenches that today divide the world into “sides.”

Winter 2020

Can We All Be Heroes?

Donald Winchester

The plotlines of popular superhero movies may influence us more than any political broadcast ever could.

Summer 2019

Making Money in the Shadows

Donald Winchester

We all live in a world of corruption, which sounds like unsupportable and irresponsible hyperbole until one realizes its extent.

Fall 2018

Looking Out for Your Neighbor

Donald Winchester Isla Veal

The mining industry may seem an unlikely place to find practical examples of the Golden Rule in action.

Fall 2018

Cause of Death: Sports

Donald Winchester Isla Veal

That sports, conventionally seen as promoting health, should be deemed a cause of death raises serious ethical questions.

Summer 2018

What Truth Is—and Isn’t

Donald Winchester

The world seems no closer to defining truth today than the ancient philosophers were. And yet we cannot do without it.

Winter 2018

Hope Without Change

Donald Winchester

Politicians often promise change, yet they seldom deliver. Still, we keep hoping that next time will be different. It’s a vain hope, and here’s why.

Summer 2017

Rebuilding Babel: The Megacities of China

Donald Winchester

China’s ambitious urbanization program stands out in today’s world. But a Renaissance painting offers a surprising warning against overreach. Can our cities fail?

Winter 2017

The Death of the Frog

Donald Winchester

Around the world, whole species of amphibians are dying. And it all may have started with a human pregnancy test.

Fall 2016

In Guns We Trust?

Donald Winchester

Gun control may seem a uniquely American issue, but at its heart lies a much deeper problem with global implications.

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