American Politics

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James Herriot and the Desire for Home

Jonathon Van Maren

Thanks to the new PBS show All Creatures Great and Small, there has been a surge of…

Epiphany at Cana

Peter J. Leithart

Early in John’s Gospel, Jesus attends a wedding at Cana of Galilee, where he turns water to…

Catholic and Classical

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Andrew Seeley joins the…

Catholic Coherence, Catholic Integrity

George Weigel

In 2007, the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean completed their fifth general conference with a…

We Laugh, They Rule

Sohrab Ahmari

No columnist’s cleverness could do justice to the absurdity of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s opening prayer for the…

Bring Back the Body

Sohrab Ahmari

What It Means to Be Human:The Case for the Body in Public Bioethicsby o. carter snead harvard,…

Papa Don’t Preach

Randy Boyagoda

The Lying Life of Adultsby elena ferrante translated by ann goldsteineuropa editions, 336 pages, $26 For about…

Quite Contrary

C. D. C. Armstrong

Here’s the Story:A Memoirby mary mcaleese sandycove, 416 pages, £20 Mary McAleese is known to some as…

Rethinking Religious Freedom

Peter J. Leithart

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me:Why Governments Discriminate Against Religious Minoritiesby jonathan fox cambridge, 292…

The Diseasing of Judgment

Frank Furedi

Students clamor for “safe spaces.” Protesters smash windows and political leaders insist on saying that it’s important…

This Blue

Jane Greer

The way the light of youfinds me through the hot,bright unnamable blue, that square of ancient glassin…

True Crime Junkies

Liel Leibovitz

Are you bored? In need of distraction? Hungry for a morsel of entertainment? Let’s review pop culture’s…

Catholics and the Incoming Biden Administration

Charles C. Camosy

Joe Biden has been in public life for a very long time, so many of us are…

Our Year in Film and Television: 2020

Various

We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV…

The Origins of Sexual Totalitarianism

Carlo Lancellotti

Recently, some social and political movements associated with sexual identity seem to have taken a “totalitarian” turn.…