Jonathan Malesic
The Atlantic
Dallas, TX, United States
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What ChatGPT Can’t Teach My Writing Students
Learning to write trains your imagination to construct the person who will read your words. → Read More
No, You Didn’t Cause Your Own Burnout
And you shouldn’t have to fix it all alone. → Read More
Burnout dominated 2021. Here’s the history of our burnout problem.
Burnout gained scientific legitimacy and broad public attention in the mid-1970s, as wages stagnated and idealism faded. → Read More
The gift of burnout: How quitting my job allowed me to flourish
We should not have to empty ourselves for the company or college. → Read More
Are We All Really Burning Out?
Academic burnout is real — but difficult to diagnose. → Read More
Can Marco Rubio help to break the partisan divide over the dignity of work?
The partisan divide over the dignity of work comes down to one question: Where does dignity come from? Do jobs give people dignity, or do people give jobs their dignity? → Read More
Catholic colleges are searching for new homes in the Southwest. Can they succeed?
The next few years will be critical to whether or not Catholic higher education can bloom in the desert. If it does, it may provide a vital service to a population that represents the future of the Catholic Church in the United States. → Read More
How to Save Americans From the Hell of Work
Elites are "miserable" in their jobs. Millennials are burned out. Can religion, loosely defined, help us reclaim our free time and find meaning in our lives? → Read More
Review: Meghan O’Gieblyn on Christian evangelical culture
When the essayist Meghan O’Gieblyn was a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, a Friday night out meant sidewalk evangelism. She and her friends would draw the plan of salvation on a portable chalkboard, hand out tracts and invite passersby to get saved. O’Gieblyn got few takers. Eventually, she left the school and lost her faith. → Read More
Purgatory is other people on ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Forever’
What if you could improve yourself after you are dead? This appealing prospect drives two current TV comedies. → Read More
Is your job necessary?
Americans work an awful lot. But what are we doing at the jobs we believe are so important? → Read More
What I learned about art and spirituality on my pilgrimage to Texas
Three buildings argue over spirituality, art and public life. → Read More
Here’s what happened when NRA members encountered a prayer vigil outside their convention.
The National Rifle Association gathering in Dallas attracted demonstrators on both sides of gun control—and an opportunity for dialogue. → Read More
Please, Millennials, Don’t Destroy Us Just Yet
It's a mistake to assume that generational turnover alone will usher in a more progressive America. → Read More
The Year the Robots Came for Our Jobs
Public anxiety over the automation of the workplace reached new heights in 2017, making clear that humanity isn't ready for the coming revolution. → Read More
Louis C.K. has confessed. Now it’s time for contrition.
It is too late for Louis C.K. to be the model of male feminism. It is not too late for him to be a model of contrition. → Read More
Parenting Is Not a “Job,” and Marriage Is Not “Work”
Yes, they're hard to do. But our narrow moral vocabulary for describing non-professional pursuits is making our lives worse. → Read More
The Duke Divinity email fracas and the perils of seeing academic work as a vocation (essay)
The Duke Divinity email fracas shows the peril of academics viewing their work as a vocation and not a job, argues Jonathan Malesic. → Read More
The Rich We Will Always Have With Us
On measures of well-being, residents of the United States fare worse than residents of countries like Canada, Sweden or Japan, all of which are less wealthy but more equal. → Read More
Douthat’s Wager: Go to Church, Even If You Don’t Believe
If you are a secular liberal who made your twice-yearly trip to church on Easter Sunday, you took an important step toward improving your life, your political philosophy, and your community, according to New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. The next step is to go back, not just at Christmas, but e → Read More