Gordon Marino is professor of philosophy and director of the Hong/Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. His most recent book is The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age (HarperOne). Also by this author The Why & the How Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-01-28 issue: View Contents Most Recent A First Step By Archbishop John Wester April 4, 2025 A Secondhand Burden By Céire Kealty April 3, 2025 Booker’s Speech Act By Griffin Oleynick April 2, 2025