Editors

The Quality of Fear
David Brooks, The New York Times

Evolution and Ethics, Revisited
Gertrude Himmelfarb, The New Atlantis

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?
Charles Carman, Books & Culture

Our Endangered Species
Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard

The Lost Art of Reading
Kate Havard, The Washington Free Beacon

25 is the New 21
Randye Hoder, The Atlantic

Between Two Trees: A Review of Peter Leithart’s Shining Glory
Brett McCraken, The Other Journal

Inside Matisse’s Chapel of Cutouts
Morgan Meis, Patheos

Damnatio Memoria? The Council of Trent and Catholic Teaching on Divorce
E. Christian Brugger, The Public Discourse

The Conservative Case Against the Suburbs
Charles Mahron, The American Conservative

Truly, Madly, Deeply Avoiding Adverbs
Lucy Ferriss, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Present Perfect
Laura Kasischke, Verse Daily

The Morality of Food—Then and Now
Leann Davis Alspaugh, The Hedgehog Review

Apple and Facebook Are Paying Employees to Freeze Their Eggs
Aaron Taube, Yahoo! Finance

The Divorcée’s French Class
Ellen Ann Fentress, The New York Times

Healers
Sophie Collins, Poetry Magazine

How the Common Core Went Wrong
Frederick M. Hess, National Affairs

Why Are Americans So Fascinated with Extreme Fitness?
Heather Havrilesky, New York Times

Recognizing the Adult in the Mirror
B.D. McClay, The Hedgehog Review

At the Tomb of Dante Alighieri
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

Having Patience for the Sausage-Making Synod
Fr. Robert Barron, Word on Fire

The Long Way to Liberty
Yuval Levin, National Review

The Shallow Nihilism of John Gray
Anthony McCarthy, Spiked

New $25,000 Prize for Catholic Literary Arts
Ron Charles, The Washington Post

Dramatic Move as Synod Fathers Set Out New Pastoral Care for Gays, Cohabiting Couples and Divorcees
Christopher Lamb, The Tablet

Patrick Modiano: A Worthy Winner
Henri Astier, The Times Literary Supplement

Reinhabiting Place: The Work of Bioregional Discipleship
Matthew Humphrey The Other Journal

The 20 Photographs of the Week
Jim Powell, The Guardian

Peter Thiel and the Cult of Startupism
James K.A. Smith, The Hedgehog Review

When the Desire for Community Becomes Ultimate
Charles Carman, Fare Forward

Empty Places of Worship: Readers’ Pictures
Rachel Abordo & readers, The Guardian

Renouncing the Gridiron
Tony Woodlief, Patheos

Super Excited
Julian Baggini, Aeon

Vatican II in the 21st Century
Speakers, The Thomistic Institute

The Devil’s Bargain
Alan Jacobs, Medium

The Rolling Saint
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Poetry Magazine

The Christian Element in the Hong Kong Protests
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

Confessions of an Aesthete
Terry Teachout, Commentary Magazine

Synod: Church Needs to Move Away From Harsh Language to Describe Gays and Cohabitees
Christopher Lamb, The Tablet

The End Has Not Yet Passed Over Us
Jacques J. Rancourt, VQR