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Fame & Fortune
It’s easy to look at Britney and decry the destructive power of fame and money, but what about Bono? And how many of us daydream about winning the lottery or becoming independently wealthy so we can give it all away? And yet, most people find themselves stuck, by choice or by circumstance, in a more moderate income bracket. On fame and fortune, scarcity and abundance, ambition and contentment.
The Artist & the Toothpaste
What is happening to the world when a teen-ager confuses a reference to a renowned Baroque painter with a widely available brand of dentifrice? This issue will look at the relationship between contemporary popular culture and what came before.
Election
You’re probably tired of hearing about it already, but there are still four months to go. Beyond the parties and punditry are a lot of questions Christians should be asking and seeking good answers to, especially American Christians steeped in an election year.
Setting the feet on the pathway
A parent chooses a unique form of education to help her sons develop a sense of "self."
Nazis and fashionistas
How two films opened a window on walking ideas.
Zooming out
A book review of The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson.
E! True Hollywood Stories: Extreme Philosophical Edition
An exploration of the ideas underlying our starry-eyed obsessions.
Fame on film
How a medium that is itself engulfed in fame has something to teach us about public people.
True fame
On putting our instincts on hold to re-evaluate human worth.
Consuming toward exile
On claiming culpability in the case of the star everyone loves to hate.
Hemingway in Cubero
The short tale of a literary stop on a Route 66 road trip.
Rock Star Fever
A proposed cure to a very attractive disease.
A self in comparison
Reflections on ambition, identity, fame, fortune and family.
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