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So gradually, it seemed, the wayThings pass: the ice cube in the glassDisappears in a pool of grey;The bright bud’s stem fades into grass. We sit in living rooms,...

In Peter Weir’s 1981 film Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian foot soldiers, armed only with bayonets, are sent, wave upon wave, into the ­machine-gun fire of Turkish troops. This depiction...

Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was powered by its embrace of the white working class. It also drew energy from its rejection of feminist conceits. While critics charged Trump...

I grew up in evangelical purity culture. Well-thumbed copies of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Every Young Man’s Battle, and For Women Only lay on the nightstands in my house....

To my brother John. What happened to long days,the ones whose ends we couldn’tfathom till they came,and by that time at longlast all we had to do was fall asleep,...

Niall Ferguson recently discussed his conversion to Christianity. He expressed hope for a Christian revival, which he framed as the best antidote to the Great Awokening that has done...

Recent polling paints a disturbing picture: Fewer than half of Gen-Z Americans are extremely or very proud of their country. There’s little doubt that relentless indoctrination in anti-American ideologies...

Many find Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit daunting to read. I don’t pretend that it’s easy sledding. But the main thrust is not difficult to grasp. The work offers a...

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The only rug we had was on the wall—linoleum was what my mother knew—a woodsy scene, green trees, a waterfall,          the wool a mane I...

As an American Jew and close friend and colleague of Robert George, it is easy for me to agree with everything Glenn Loury has said in his compelling article “Tucker and the Right”...

Look, here is grief,Her humid circuit riding, And here is God,Abiding. And here warm graceRuns down the lichen’s fuzz,And here sweats GodWith us. Now tap the glassWhich keeps the foggy...

(in the Cerasi Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo)  Paul lies sprawled beneath his horse, arms opened, hands extended, upraised, creating a cup for his spilled head.His face...

The unknown traveler shows up storm-tossed, naked, and hungry. He is bathed and clothed, the best wine skins are brought, a meal is laid. Beautifully depicted in Homer, hospitality...

In my lifetime, American society has been transformed by widespread accommodation of vice. Marijuana has been legalized in many jurisdictions, as has addictive online gambling. Not surprisingly, pot use...