Digital Liturgies

What Conservative Young Men Really Need Right Now

Justin Lee repeats something I’ve now heard quite a bit: anti-woman white supremacist Nick Fuentes is bad, but his fans (called “groypers”) need to be…

Jan 14 • Samuel D. James

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Reject the Religion of Efficiency

During holiday season 1943, Philip Van Doren Stern mailed out two hundred Christmas cards to his friends.

Jan 12 • Samuel D. James

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Where I've Been + What I'm Doing

Including an exciting announcement.

Jan 1 • Samuel D. James

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December 2025

The Ghost of Christmas Never

It took me a long time to realize that two of our family’s most beloved Christmas stories are both about men given an opportunity by heaven to see…

Dec 19, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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November 2025

PLEASE COMMENT (A very brief reader survey)

This post is going out exclusively to paid subscribers.

Nov 19, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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Ross Douthat's Podcast is Proof that Winsomeness is Still a Thing

Three years ago, I registered a complaint about the evangelical debates over “winsomeness.” Specifically, I said that these debates almost all treat…

Nov 14, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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Does Classical Education Ignore Ecclesiastes 7:10?

Last week I was invited to give an address to a group of donors for a classical Christian school that will open, Lord willing, next fall in Charlotte.

Nov 11, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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Annotations: Emma Stone and Gen-Z Are Restless

Welcome to Annotations, a weekly feature for subscribers, offering a handful of recommended reading.

Nov 10, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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The Right's Purity Culture Moment

Circa 2018, the “purity culture” discourse within evangelical spaces reached its peak.

Nov 4, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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Annotations: Witches and Pagans and Groypers, Oh My!

Happy Saturday.

Nov 1, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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October 2025

How Sports Betting is Like AI

How to Build a Society Without Trust 101

Oct 30, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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Link correction for today's piece

The opening paragraph in today’s article mistakenly linked to a New York Times interview with Jen Hatmaker, rather than her blog post at Oprah Daily.

Oct 28, 2025 • Samuel D. James

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