Is Christianity Dark Enough for Millennials?
Emma Green, The Atlantic
C. S. Lewis's Wit
Michael Ward, School of Christian Thought
Fulton Sheen and the Playfulness of the Gospel
Br. Innocent Smith, Dominicana
Did Mrs. Thatcher ‘do' God?
Charles Moore, The Spectator
One of the first modes of critical thinking is knowing what others think and say. If we’re to be conscientious citizens in a free republic, we must follow the other side’s arguments and evidence, admitting those points that identify weaknesses in our own position. Continue Reading »
The Quest for Community in the Age of Obama
Ross Douthat, The Imaginative Conservative
‘They,' the Singular Pronoun, Gets Popular
Ben Zimmer, The Wall Street Journal
Going for the Hard Sell as Interest in English Major Declines
Nick Anderson, The Washington Post
Letters to a Young Catholic Writer
Daniel McInerny, The Catholic Thing
Drawing attention to the Armenian Genocide may be a way to mobilize the world to save suffering Christians now—before it is too late. Continue Reading »
Civil Courage and Transcendent Truth
Jordan Ballor, Public Discourse
How to Navigate the Art World
William O'Connor, The Daily Beast
Pluralism Doesn't Mean Relativism
John Inazu, Christianity Today
The Assistant Economy
Francesca Mari, Dissent Magazine
The Active and Contemplative Life
Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
What Would a World Without Language Barriers Look Like?
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic
Do We Really Understand Boko Haram?
Matt Hadro, The Catholic News Agency
Can Matthew Crawford Deliver Us From Distraction?
Michael S. Roth, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Interview with a Christian
Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Realism and Russia's Fate
Jack Hanson, Open Letters Monthly
Equipment for Living
Michael Robins, The Poetry Foundation
Our Push for “Passion” and Why It Harms Kids
Lisa Heffernan, The New York Times
In Public Discourse this week is a forthright statement of religious liberty signed by five distinguished figures. It’s a point that needs to be made again and again.Religious liberty is the first freedom. It is one of the “moral roots” of our “constitutional system.” It is every American’s “birthright.” Without it, “civic harmony” is endangered. Continue Reading »
Exultet!
Pope Zosimus, The Catholic Thing
Joyful Dissonance
Michael Prodger, Standpoint
Pound's Metro
William Logan, The New Criterion
PBS's “Wolf Hall” Trashes St. Thomas More
Eamon Duffy, Aleteia
A locomotive for academic freedom. Continue Reading »
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