Candace Owens and the Sin of Anti-Semitism
According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was “an Italian-born businessman who was noted…
How Sweden’s Immigrant Vote Toppled the Right
For decades, Sweden had perhaps the most open immigration policy and the strongest commitment to tolerance and…
The Last Statesmen?
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Steven B. Smith…
Algorithm, Interface, and AI
Many conversations about artificial intelligence end in a stalemate: A sentiment like “ChatGPT is awful because kids…
A Muslim Answer to Muslim Immigration
Modern America worships at the altar of youth and eagerly tracks in polls and market research its…
Smashing the Images
As the postwar era draws to an end, some Christians continue to reach for analogies to the…
A Culture of Parricide
I learned a new word the other day: déploration. It’s the French, directly from the Latin, for “lament.”…
The Myth of St. Francis
At the beginning of his 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis speaks of “an episode in the…
New Founders Wanted
It’s now 250 years since America declared her independence and embarked on the experiment of fashioning a…
The Chariot Burials
Wheeling through the clotted earth, / Bronze, bone, and leather clumped in clay...
Job and Her
It is said that Job lost everything, but she has lost more. All her possessions—the money, the…
De Gaulle Triumphant
The Second World War left Europe invaded and ruined, divided between Soviet and American occupations. Hitler’s defeat…
The Cold Beauty of Jan Morris
Jan Morris (1926–2020) was a writer of astounding gifts who not only recorded history but made it.…
Meet the Post-Religious Right
There have been many books written about the online right and the Trump movement, most by people…
Forget Odysseus. Aeneas Is the True American Hero.
Who is our Odysseus? Or more precisely, who is the most Odyssean hero of American film? Matt…
