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 2004-05-21 issue: View Contents Most Recent Interregnum Report By The Editors May 2, 2025 Burning Down the Days By Paul Baumann May 2, 2025 Francis the Teacher By David Cloutier May 1, 2025