Jeff Reimer
@jreimr
senior editor @commentmag | writer on literature, art, faith, and culture | former copyeditor (copy editor?) of many books
In @commentmag, from the always insightful and instructive @ArtAghajanian, a piece on Lyndon B. Johnson's famous Daisy Girl ad, the history of apocalyptic art, and the changing nature of political campaign ads. comment.org/daisy-girl-and…
Giussani stans take note: in @commentmag today we've got a beautiful review of a new translation of Luigi Giussani's In Search of the Human Face, from @SlantBooks. comment.org/the-gaze-that-…
The great thing about getting work done is how much work it frees you up to do
The great thing about getting work done is how much work it frees you up to do
Should have tagged @JoshuaHeavin the first time. Check out his new essay in Comment mag, on AI an Alyosha and the things that make for a good life.
Joshua Heavin lays out some of the well-known privations of AI and digital technologies more generally, but rather than making an argument against them he takes a Dostoevskian approach: articulating a way of life the presents a better way. comment.org/mercy-attentiv…
Just saw that a review in our Comment mag submissions hopper was not only already accepted elsewhere but already published. Oof. If you have a piece in with us and we haven't got back to you, my apologies. It's summer, we're short-staffed, and there's a backlog. Soon!
New Material Mysticism: @millinerd is approaching Metaphysical Poet territory with the extended conceit in this piece—to great effect. comment.org/boundary-water…
Amazed at my prescience; I anticipated the rhyming-Thomism discourse by a week.
All the brothers say my theology's finest I got distinctions up my sleeve like Thomas Aquinas
All the brothers say my theology's finest I got distinctions up my sleeve like Thomas Aquinas
Really pleased to have @JoshHochschild in Comment mag, writing about the mystical virtue of prudence. Out from behind the paywall today. comment.org/are-the-martyr…
The overwhelming desire for authors to explain what they meant in the reply box below the editor's margin query rather than just write what they mean in the text.
I finished Better Call Saul over the weekend and I want to read about it, particularly the ways the moral arc differs (and doesn't) from Breaking Bad. Does anybody have any recommendations?
I got into an argument with a contributing editor about this question when we were discussing the issue, so I asked Josh to write about it, and he absolutely nailed it. And I don't say that just because he agreed with me!
Are the Martyrs Prudent? Exploring the compatibility of the classical virtue and the radical call to lay down one’s life. A new essay, and my first time in Comment magazine (Currently subscribers only, paywalled for about a month) comment.org/are-the-martyr…
Good stuff from Nathan in Comment today!
Our political confrontations across these political lines often appear to be arguments about policy and ideas but are in fact frequently demonstrations and affirmations of moral identity. comment.org/moral-identity…