Tag Archives: social criticism

Toward a Truly Free Market

Posted on January 18, 2014 by smellincoffee

Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More© 2011 John C. Medaille 282 pages “I been a-wonderin’ why we can’t do that all over. All work together for our own … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews | Tagged civic awareness, community, Distributism, economics, localism, participation, participatory democracy, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture, vocation | 1 Comment

The Working Poor

Posted on September 28, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Working Poor: Invisible in America© 2004 David Shipler352 pages “Like my daddy used to say — ‘Son, life’s hell to pay for when you’re poor — cause always just outside the door’s another Hard Time.’” (Jerry Reed) The … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged education, family, housing, labor, marriage and family, poverty, social criticism, Society and Culture | Leave a comment

The Disappearance of Childhood

Posted on September 20, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Disappearance of Childhood©1982 Neil Postman177 pages Television is killing your children — conceptually. In 1985, Neil Postman penned Amusing Ourselves to Death, in which he, building off of the lesson in Technopoly that technology changes our culture without our knowledge, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged children, education, marriage and family, media, Neil Postman, parenting, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society | Leave a comment

The Conservative Mind

Posted on August 5, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot© 1953 Russell Kirk534 pages (7th Edition) For most of human history, change has been a glacier — slow to move, retreating as much as it advances. Since the scientific and industrial revolutions, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged conservative, intellectual history, law, manners and morals, modernity, philosophy, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, religion, Russell Kirk, social criticism, Society and Culture | 7 Comments

The Unschooling Handbook

Posted on August 1, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom© 1998 Marry Griffith240 pages What does it mean to educate a child? In the United States, schooling is dominated by standards, by regular exams that force educators … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged children, education, marriage and family, natural lifestyle, parenting, praxis, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society | Leave a comment

Jayber Crow

Posted on July 3, 2013 by smellincoffee

Jayber Crow: the Life Story of Jayber Crow, Barber of the Port William Membership, As Written by Himself© 2000363 pages “Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged America, American South, bildungsroman, family, friends, kith and kin, love, Port William, sacramental living, social criticism, Society and Culture, Southern Literature, Wendell Berry | 12 Comments

This Week at the Library: Star Wars, bikes, and evil farms

Posted on June 7, 2013 by smellincoffee

Fool’s Bargain, Timothy ZahnJust Ride, Grant PetersonAgainst the Grain, Richard Manning This week my local library began officially offering electronic books via membership in a regional e-book collective. Although I much prefer real books (see my printed-book snobbery? “real books”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged bicycles, critical history, food, food and drink, social criticism, Society and Culture, Star Wars, week in review | 1 Comment

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