“The Dude” urges people to stay married and offers advice in how to do it.
Cambridge classicist Mary Beard describes her visit to St. Peter’s in Rome .
A Reformed theologian reflects on his visit to Rome , and on Catholic superstitions.
And also on how Catholics misunderstand Protestant history .
A Scottish editor explains why Sir Walter Scott is still a writer worth reading .
An movie website lists its selection of the top 25 Christmas movies . (Note: This is not a list or order I would endorse.)
A Russian writer describes Russia’s third wave of de-Stalinization .
A self-described optimist describes a lightbulb that will change the developing world .
A journalist describes a new kind of parochial school .
Robert George and two others like him answer the question What is marriage? and then respond to one of their critics .
And finally, a new site collecting “the best punditry in the Catholic blogosphere”: The Pulp.It .
Update: Wilfred McClay, a member of our editorial board, asks what a Kentucky biblical theme park tells us about Evangelicalism .
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