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Alan Jacobs: What's So Bad About Original Sin?

Socrates in the City

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Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

Wendell Berry wrote a wonderful essay called Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer. He said he did not want to increase his dependence on energy companies. The history of the exploitation of the Appalachian coal fields is long and available to readers. If your conscience is not pricking you in an uncomfortable spot, that could indicate two very different conditions.

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