Philip D. Bunn
@philipdbunn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Covenant College). I am grumpy about technology and I write about why.
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I greatly appreciate and concur with @philipdbunn.bsky.social’s thoughts on the impact of generative AI on the intellectual and moral formation of students. Count me among the less sanguine regarding its educational benefits. www.fusionaier.org/post/reflect...
February 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I greatly appreciate and concur with @philipdbunn.bsky.social’s thoughts on the impact of generative AI on the intellectual and moral formation of students. Count me among the less sanguine regarding its educational benefits. www.fusionaier.org/post/reflect...
January 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
December 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
God bless Anne Carson.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:13 AM
God bless Anne Carson.
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A small thing that's great about Tolkien is that his protagonists basically killed the Devil, & yet evil arose again, in Sauron, who used to be good & beautiful
The capacity for evil lies in every heart, is the point. No need for personifying evil (although obviously Tolkien does a LOT of that too)
The capacity for evil lies in every heart, is the point. No need for personifying evil (although obviously Tolkien does a LOT of that too)
December 10, 2024 at 3:49 AM
A small thing that's great about Tolkien is that his protagonists basically killed the Devil, & yet evil arose again, in Sauron, who used to be good & beautiful
The capacity for evil lies in every heart, is the point. No need for personifying evil (although obviously Tolkien does a LOT of that too)
The capacity for evil lies in every heart, is the point. No need for personifying evil (although obviously Tolkien does a LOT of that too)
My birthday is tomorrow, and I have one small birthday request: I am terribly close to 1,000 subscribers on Substack, where I post essays on books and culture and politics semi-regularly. If you would consider subscribing, I would count it a wonderful present.
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Everything Was Beautiful | Philip D. Bunn | Substack
Rambling about the books I read to anyone who will listen. Click to read Everything Was Beautiful, by Philip D. Bunn, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 10, 2024 at 1:08 AM
My birthday is tomorrow, and I have one small birthday request: I am terribly close to 1,000 subscribers on Substack, where I post essays on books and culture and politics semi-regularly. If you would consider subscribing, I would count it a wonderful present.
everythingwasbeautiful.substack.com
everythingwasbeautiful.substack.com
My latest on my Substack, about trying (and sometimes failing) to be informed before debating.
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On Doing the Reading
Do I ever know what I'm talking about?
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December 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM
My latest on my Substack, about trying (and sometimes failing) to be informed before debating.
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Wow, so cool to know without a doubt that people aren't talking about my research on yet another website! Thanks, Altmetric!
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Wow, so cool to know without a doubt that people aren't talking about my research on yet another website! Thanks, Altmetric!
One time someone I was arguing with online posted screenshots of our respective Google Scholar pages to prove he was smarter, except he grabbed screenshots from the Google Scholar page of Philip Bunn, the UK economist. So I had to explain that I was even LESS important than he first assumed.
December 3, 2024 at 5:52 AM
One time someone I was arguing with online posted screenshots of our respective Google Scholar pages to prove he was smarter, except he grabbed screenshots from the Google Scholar page of Philip Bunn, the UK economist. So I had to explain that I was even LESS important than he first assumed.
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The real heft of Project 2025 was never the 900 pages of random policy positions everyone was exaggerating and hand-wringing about, it was the ready-made database of vetted people to staff the admin. I thought that would be obvious.
President-elect Trump and his allies disavowed the conservative Project 2025 during the election.
Now, his transition team is turning to Project 2025 to help staff the next administration, sources tell @nbcnews.com.
Now, his transition team is turning to Project 2025 to help staff the next administration, sources tell @nbcnews.com.
Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign
Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database for potential candidates to hire for the incoming administration, a person familiar the plans said.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The real heft of Project 2025 was never the 900 pages of random policy positions everyone was exaggerating and hand-wringing about, it was the ready-made database of vetted people to staff the admin. I thought that would be obvious.
Since this website is a safe space, is it okay to admit I actually enjoyed the John Green novels I've read?
It's weird that Looking for Alaska is the second-most banned book in the U.S., and mostly challenged by evangelical Christians, because the novel is about Radical Hope and how forgiveness is available to all people at all times, which are Christian concepts I wrote about because I'm a Christian.
November 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Since this website is a safe space, is it okay to admit I actually enjoyed the John Green novels I've read?
A quick reflection on the fight tonight
"Are You Watching the Fight?"
Thoughts as we prepare for the Tyson-Paul spectacle
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November 15, 2024 at 2:09 PM
A quick reflection on the fight tonight
My latest at Current magazine, a defense of Dead Poets Society against its detractors.
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Not So Dead after All
'Dead Poets Society' continues to expose our deepest needs
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November 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
My latest at Current magazine, a defense of Dead Poets Society against its detractors.
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currentpub.com/2024/11/14/n...
I don't know if I have the willpower to fully shift to this site, but if you all prove entertaining, I'll at least consider it.
November 14, 2024 at 6:29 AM
I don't know if I have the willpower to fully shift to this site, but if you all prove entertaining, I'll at least consider it.
My latest Substack essay is on what I’ve learned about being a bibliophile on a budget.
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Being a Bibliophile on a Budget
A short guide to cost-effective collecting
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December 8, 2023 at 2:21 PM
My latest Substack essay is on what I’ve learned about being a bibliophile on a budget.
open.substack.com/pub/everythi...
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Having a large personal, physical library is a luxury, but one I try to take advantage of. Having a huge file of searchable eBooks is a real boon for research and writing. Having some kind of *access* to physical media (libraries etc) will always be essential. Split all the differences!
October 24, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Having a large personal, physical library is a luxury, but one I try to take advantage of. Having a huge file of searchable eBooks is a real boon for research and writing. Having some kind of *access* to physical media (libraries etc) will always be essential. Split all the differences!
I had the chance to review Aurelian Craiutu’s new book “Why Not Moderation” over at Front Porch Republic today. It is, predictably, a book bound to irritate both sides’ extremists, but provides an argument well worth considering in fraught political times.
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023/10/walk...
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Walking the Tightrope: A Review of Why Not Moderation? - Front Porch Republic
Liberal values and institutions have failed, that we now require passionate, extreme activists to accomplish what is necessary to address these failings, and that these radical activists must mount ca...
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October 9, 2023 at 10:40 PM
I had the chance to review Aurelian Craiutu’s new book “Why Not Moderation” over at Front Porch Republic today. It is, predictably, a book bound to irritate both sides’ extremists, but provides an argument well worth considering in fraught political times.
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023/10/walk...
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023/10/walk...
The Other Website suppressed Substack so I largely stopped sharing my posts outside the app, but I do regularly log my casual reading and write the occasional essay over there. Here’s my September reading recap!
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September Reading Recap
It’s been a busy month, and I haven’t had as much time to read or write as I would like, but I hope to be posting some essays here more regularly in the coming months. Keep an eye out, too, for fu...
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October 2, 2023 at 5:13 PM
The Other Website suppressed Substack so I largely stopped sharing my posts outside the app, but I do regularly log my casual reading and write the occasional essay over there. Here’s my September reading recap!
open.substack.com/pub/everythi...
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Not a lot of time to ourselves with a 6 month old who doesn’t sleep, thankful for gin bars and date nights and remembering how to be humans.
September 30, 2023 at 3:48 PM
Not a lot of time to ourselves with a 6 month old who doesn’t sleep, thankful for gin bars and date nights and remembering how to be humans.
When I was a TA leading discussion sections in grad school, I got one student eval that said “he doesn’t ‘lead discussion’ so much as ‘sits there looking awkward’,” and that’s stuck with me.
September 23, 2023 at 2:57 PM
When I was a TA leading discussion sections in grad school, I got one student eval that said “he doesn’t ‘lead discussion’ so much as ‘sits there looking awkward’,” and that’s stuck with me.
Gotta raise these kids up right
September 22, 2023 at 11:38 PM
Gotta raise these kids up right
New websites are always strange. I feel like I’m intruding. What are the vibes? What’s the tone? Who knows. Here’s a shelfie.
September 21, 2023 at 10:48 PM
New websites are always strange. I feel like I’m intruding. What are the vibes? What’s the tone? Who knows. Here’s a shelfie.