In this weeks #tbt, Vinny Marchionni revisits the ghosts of VMA’s past.
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The Spirituality of Sports Fanaticism
Taking a look at the admitted craziness of rabid sports fandom from the outside, Michael Rossmann discovers some surprising parallels to the spiritual life.
Mike of the Badlands
Brother Mike Zimmerman is the tall, hard-edged, slightly mystical, highly sentimental, altogether surprising 79 year-old former superintendent of grounds at Red Cloud Indian School. Near him, doubts about the workings of the divine are swatted away.
You Can’t Take It With You: Presidential Performer Edition
The dean of the White House Press Corps and the maker of Hogwarts this week beg our farewells.
When No One Is Looking
Mike Rozier looks at how ‘structures of virtue’ can help reduce the use of pornography and fight the anonymity of the internet.
A New Approach To Crime and Punishment
Popsicles, back-to-school sales, sentencing reform. That’s just the kind of late-summer conversation our Nate Romano loves.
Worth Reading: Liberté, Égalité, et Philosophie
If you think your high school final exams are tough, you might be glad you’re not in France after Jason Welle points you to this article.
Stop Talking about the Poor
“These women have taught me, but not in the fashion my catchphrases had led me to expect.” Joe Wotawa looks at the more basic lesson to be learned in serving “the poor.”
On “Ashton Kutcher,” and Internet Gold
Ashton, err… Chris Kutcher shared some honestly amazing advice at the Teen Choice Awards. Why is it so popular?
#tbt-Back to School
The beginning of a new school year makes it a perfect time for #tbt to bring back Billy Madison, “You can’t sit here,” and nuns and their sneaky teaching tricks.