Tag: politics
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Why Jesus?
by Justin Marquis Last week I was asked by an old friend, “Why Jesus?” regarding my return to a life of faith. This is an unsurprising question given my past rejection of Christianity and the Church. I have attempted to answer this question before, but that answer was just as provisional as this one. What…
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Reflections on a Summer of Biking America
by Justin Marquis You can see pictures from the tour here. In May 2020, less than two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, my companion and I did our first bike tour together, a 300 mile ride across Ohio from Cincinnati to Cleveland. We were told to avoid physical contact with others to avoid spreading the…
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Work is not the Answer
by Justin Marquis I reject the dichotomy between work and play. If an activity is intrinsically worthwhile to do while being paid, then it is intrinsically worthwhile to do without pay. Literally the only difference between work and play in late capitalism is that one is paid and the other is unpaid. This comes up…
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The Three Books that Ruined Me
Three books ruined me for living a comfortably boring middle-class life among the petty bourgeois. Before I tell you what those books are, I have to confide that it tickles my sappy romantic soul that books can still ruin people. How many people are ripe for being completely molded by a book? I cannot say.…
Dionysus on a Bike 