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Clyde Kilby: Chronicler of J.R.R. Tolkien
Remembering Tolkien and the Silmarillion (Harold Shaw, 1976).
Oct 3 • 
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The Twilight Country of October
Autumnal Desires
Oct 1 • 
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September 2025

Why Science Fiction?
Existence before Definition
Sep 29 • 
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Happy Birthday, Batman
The Advent of the American Superhero
Sep 20 • 
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Can Conservatism Survive in an Age of Populism?
An Acton Line Podcast with Dan Hugger
Sep 17 • 
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Stranger Things, Season 4
Horror in the Age of Reagan
Sep 15 • 
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Stranger Things Season 2
A little Mind Flaying is Good for the Soul
Sep 12 • 
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I Once Lived in Hawkins, Indiana
Stranger Things, Season 1
Sep 9 • 
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J.R.R. Tolkien, RIP, 52 Years Later
And, his very essential Catholicism
Sep 2 • 
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August 2025

Manifest Destiny: A Thought for the New York Times
Just for the Record
Aug 29 • 
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St. Augustine: Founding Father of the Philosophy of History
And, all-around amazing saint
Aug 28 • 
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Mythic Culturalscapes
A little romance never hurt anyone
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