A quick announcement that I've launched a little newsletter. I'll be doing some short form writing in it, as well as sharing stuff I find interesting, life updates, and more (but not much more). Read the first newsletter here and while you're there subscribe.
Author: Samuel D. James
Believer, husband, father, acquisitions editor, writer.
Safe, Legal, and Rare
A conversation between three friends.
Death of a Critic
On Scorsese, cinema, and parenting.
The Meaning of Kanye
The evangelical Kanye moment reveals more about evangelicals than Kanye.
The Outer Ring
On learning wisdom from the Wrong Kind of People.
Engaging Culture From Ahead, Not From Behind
Why Christians shouldn't let elite journalism set the agenda anymore.
Josh Hawley and the Need for Tech Stigma
Josh Hawley, the junior US Senator from Missouri, is waging a small war against Silicon Valley. Twice this summer Hawley has introduced legislation that targets social media corporations' out-sized role in the lives of Americans. His latest bill is perhaps the most straightforward legal challenge to the biggest social media firms yet. The SMART Act [...]
Second Amendments and First Commandments
When it comes to gun control issues, one thing that’s occurred to me is how I wish conservatives had the same kind of relationship with the Second Amendment as they do with the First. Here’s what I mean. With regard to pornography, conservative Christians are unafraid to challenge the supremacy of "free speech." Court opinion [...]
Liberalism’s Heretics and Our Gospel Opportunity
A new essay from me.
Is Reality Only for the Privileged?
Is retreating from social media really a "privileged" thing to do?
