Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend.
Over at Postmodern Conservative , we have a discussion of Strauss, Burke, and Lawler —and Pete Spiliakos indulges in some pop culture writing .
What Peter Leithart is reading about: baptism , anti-government toys , maps , biblical theology , Randy Schekman , Islamicism , happiness , and Corinthians . He is also reading Evangelii Gaudium (posts one , two , three , four ), reading N. T. Wright, and the Psalms ; and he’s watching the movie Panic .
Dr. Boli discusses coffee bigots and the corruption of the youth , receives your mail , and provides a new installment of the Illustrated Edition.
Here at First Thoughts , David Mills highlights Father O’Connor of the Bronx and writes on conservative anti-semitism , and Philip Cary makes a brief detour in his series on Genesis .
And On the Square today, Timothy George pays tribute to Mary, while R. R. Reno traces the Christmas story back to Abraham .
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…