STORIES, ESSAYS, & REVIEWS by Peter

A Dog Named Job by Peter Biles – literally stories, October 2025

The Limits of the Think Piece - by Inkwell and Peter Biles, September 2025

Screwtape starts a podcast | WORLD, September 2025

CBS in Talks to Buy The Free Press | Mind Matters, September 2025

Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture? | Science and Culture Today, August 2025

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense | Science and Culture Today, August 2025

Augmented Technology Wants to Hide in Order to Dominate | The American Spectator, August 2025

Colbert, CBS, and the Shrinking of Legacy Media | Mind Matters, July 2025

AI Songs and Bands Are Creeping into Spotify | Mind Matters, July 2025

The Crisis of the Male Protagonist | The Dispatch, July 2025

The Post-College Friendship Slump | Inkwell, May 2025

Abolitionism’s George Washington | The Russell Kirk Center, April 2025

AI Slop is Invading the Culture | Mind Matters, April 2025

Are Colleges Beyond Saving? | Mind Matters, April 2025

"Turbo" | Front Porch Republic, March 2025

Tariffs Would Eat the Video Game Industry, Entertainment's Biggest Sector | RealClearMarkets, March 2025

No End in Sight for AI’s Invasion into Higher Education | Mind Matters, March 2025

A New McDonald’s PlayPlace Doesn’t Look Very Fun | Mind Matters, March 2025

Douthat Makes the Case for Religion | Evolution News, February 2025

A Novelist Posts on the Paranormal | Mind Matters, February 2025

Writing for the Common Good | Front Porch Republic, February 2025

The Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility | Evolution News, February 2025

Who Asked for a Goonies Reboot? | RealClearBooks, February 2025

Music in the Mind | Mind Matters, January 2025

Tell, Don’t Just Show | Pens and Poison, December 2024

The Absurdity of Our Media Moment | Mind Matters, December 2024

Books, Scrolls, and the Liberating Power of Fiction | Keinrath Publishing, December 2024

Universities Need to Stop Coddling Students with Cancelled Classes | RealClearEducation, December 2024 (Cowrote with Dr. Keri D. Ingraham of Discovery Institute)

The Observer | Silly Goose Press, November 2024

November | Battle the Bard, November 2024

The Rings of Power Has ChatGPT Syndrome | The American Spectator, September 2024

Experience is Going Extinct: A Review of Christine Rosen’s New Book | Mind Matters, September 2024

Smartphones are Killing Kids’ Ability to Concentrate | The Washington Times, September 2024 (with Keri D. Ingraham of Discovery Institute)

Live Music is Making a Comeback, and So is Bob Dylan | Mind Matters, August 2024

Finally Something Politicians Agree On: Phone-Free Schools | Mind Matters, August 2024

AI is Not Your Friend. Good Thing, Too | The American Spectator, August 2024.

Confessions of a Music User | Plough, August 2024

A Certain Ghost’s Long and Final Fall Back to Earth | The Ana, July 2024

We’re Missing the Plot When it Comes to AI | The American Spectator, July 2024

Critics of Lolita Need to Learn How to Read Fiction | The American Spectator, July 2024

Phone Bans Are Good. Now Bring Back the Books | RealClearEducation, July 2024

Gen Z Needs To Put The Phone Down And Go On A Date | The Daily Caller, June 2024

Margo’s World | Midsummer Dream House, Issue Two, June 2024

Gen Z Is In Big Trouble | The Daily Caller, May 2024

The Uniqueness of the Human Writer | Mind Matters, May 2024

The Beautiful Cross of Asher Lev | Ad Fontes, April 2024

Experiencing the Numinous | WORLD, March 2024

The Fisher’s Man | Midsummer Dream House, Issue One, February 2024

Alexandra | Midsummer Dream House, Issue One, February 2024

A Strange, Piercing Longing | WORLD, January 2024

This is My Religion: Why Art Fails as a Substitute for Faith | The Gospel Coalition, Sept. 2023

Tree Tipping | Front Porch Republic, April 2023

ChatGPT Versus the Human Voice in Literature | Salvo, March 2023

Meme-ing Ourselves to Death | The Gospel Coalition, September 2022

Shooting the Satyr | Dappled Things, Summer 2022

Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres and the Idolatry of Eros | The Gospel Coalition, April 2022

Solo Elk Hunt | Plough, February 2022

On the Schole of Faerie Tales | Breaking Ground, June 2021

The Reading Option | Dappled Things, October 2020

Our Social Dilemma | Salvo, October 2020

Loneliness at College | Plough, November 2019