Brad Shorr
G.K. Chesterton and Leo Tolstoy have exerted enormous influence on thinking with regard to theology, philosophy, politics, economics, social organization, the arts, and science. Both men considered themselves Christians, and both saw themselves as champions of the common man. And yet, it is hard to imagine two men more unlike…
Who says social media is all bad? Watching this marvelous 23-minute video, which I discovered on the Localism Chesterton Society Group on Facebook, will make you smarter, more confident, and better able to make sense of the information, misinformation, disinformation, fantastic fads, and conflicting concepts we are confronted with on…
Longitude, first published in 1995, is a best-selling, award-winning book about how Europeans figured out how to determine longitude at sea during the 18th and early 19th centuries. As early as the time of Columbus, Europeans relied heavily on sea travel for trade, defense, and exploration. As the centuries rolled…
A collection of Chesterton essays was published July of 2021: Chesterton in Black and White, Essays by G.K. Chesterton from Black and White and The Bystander, 1903-1904, edited by Geir Hasnes. These early essays, with a few exceptions, have never before been reprinted — a real treat for longtime Chesterton…