R. R. Reno

A New Fusionism

Elon Musk cannonballed into electoral politics in 2024. Other tech bros joined him to support Donald Trump. The…
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Against Christian Civilization

The last time I was in America, which was last autumn, I visited the battlefield at Little Bighorn.…
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Cardinal Fernández Misleads

Joseph Ratzinger, better known as Pope Benedict XVI, stepped down from the papal ministry in 2013. But before…
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Farewell to Liberal-Imperial Diplomacy

Philip Pilkington
In late June 2022, a small rubber dinghy sailed down the Danube River in Budapest, past the Hungarian Parliament. It displayed a sign: “Mr. Pressman, don’t colonize Hungary with…

AI and the Unhappy Society

James Hankins

Recently I had an experience that I suppose is becoming increasingly common. The large, publicly traded energy…

No Method but Christ

Hans Boersma

When I try to explain to people why we need to recover patristic interpretation, the biggest obstacle…

Wickedness

Liel Leibovitz

Though they probably don’t realize it, many Americans spent the tail end of 2024 engaged in a…

A New Fusionism

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The Bible Throughout the Ages

Host: Mark Bauerlein GUEST: Bruce Gordon

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Bruce Gordon joins in to discuss his recent book, The Bible: A Global History. The conversation is…

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Redemption Before Christ

Host: Mark Bauerlein GUEST: Gerald R. McDermott

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gerald R. McDermott joins in to discuss his recent book, A New History of Redemption: The Work…

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Theater of the Divine

Host: Mark Bauerlein GUEST: Peter Kreeft

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Peter Kreeft joins in to discuss his recent book, God on Stage: 15 Plays That Ask…

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Medal of Freedom Recommendations for Trump

R. R. Reno
President Biden recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to nineteen worthies, celebrities, activists, and politicians (some faded, others dead). Fashion industry heavyweights figured prominently this year. Ralph Lauren…

Unseen Skies

John Wilson

If you have been following this column for a while, you know I love the very idea…

Anita Bryant Takes a Final Pie to the Face

John Murdock

The family of Anita Bryant (1940–2024) only recently announced that the singer and Christian activist died on…

Neil Gaiman and the Failure of Modern Sexual Ethics

Carl R. Trueman

A recent Vulture article reporting on the sexual proclivities and alleged abusive activities of fantasy author Neil…

Roger Scruton’s The Disappeared, Revisited

Daniel J. Mahoney

“It was inconceivable that in a town dedicated to prosperity, comfort and English order, a girl might…

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The Lessons of Fr. Paul Mankowski

Mary Eberstadt

Paul Mankowski, S.J., who died unexpectedly four years ago this past fall, was the kind of priest…

Orthodoxy at War

John P. Burgess

St. Sophia Cathedral is quiet and almost empty when I step inside on a wintry morning. Saints…

Forgiveness: A Statement by Jews and Christians

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In January 2023, a group of Jewish and Christian scholars met to form a circle of study…

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Paleofuturism

Nathan Pinkoski

Dawn’s Early Light:Taking Back Washington to Save Americaby kevin d. robertsbroadside, 304 pages, $32 When Kevin Roberts…

Declaring Independence

Matthew Schmitz

American Heretics:Religious Adversaries of Liberal Orderby jerome e. copulskyyale, 384 pages, $40 In the summer of 1775,…

The Church of Empathy

Carl R. Trueman

Circle of Hope:A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Churchby eliza griswoldfarrar, straus and…

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Exemplary

Glenn C. Arbery

A vagabond, seduced by impish godsTo jaywalk the downtown interstate, is dead.Addled with booze, he managed against…

Epistle to a Former Friend

A. M. Juster

When I say a prayerfor the wicked I despairand think, of course, of youand how your late-night…

Saint Gobnait of the Honeybees

Marly Youmans

She’d have naught of silvery turnings like fish,The Celtic knot of wedded, bedded love.She stole away to…

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