Arts & Letters
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What Joe Lieberman Taught Me
Since the recent passing of Senator Joe Lieberman, many have testified to his humanity, decency, and integrity—his…
When Ideology and Blasphemy Meet
In May 1993, the “World Russian People’s Council,” a “meeting place” for those “concerned about the present…
Cabrini’s Empire of Hope
The beautifully shot film Cabrini, released at the beginning of March, explores a forgotten piece of New…
Free the Children
Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be by timothy…
Easter, Creation, and Holiness
What came first: creation, or God’s covenants with the People of Israel and the New Israel, the…
The World that Google Wants to See
If Big Tech companies have observed anything about human nature in their rise to economic, political, and…
Next Steps for the U.S. Church After the Vatican Financial Scandal
Nearly two years ago, the Vatican began its historic prosecution of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and other defendants…
The Space Between
How to describe what can’t be seen, invisible, yet universal, what is, has been, will always be,…
Word by Word
Before I formed you in the womb, my son, I knew you. Knew you long before that…
How to Revolt
Earlier this year, a Seattle-based journalist named Tariq Ra’ouf took to social media to explain the logic…
Friedman’s Rise and Fall
Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative by jennifer burns farrar, straus and giroux, 592 pages, $35 Anyone who lived…
The Truth About Alabama’s Ruling on IVF
During the George W. Bush administration, Americans were repeatedly warned about Christian fascists or theocrats threatening to…
“Gendered” Nonsense Is Dangerous Nonsense
Dean Acheson, U.S. secretary of state from 1949 until 1953, is buried in Washington’s Oak Hill Cemetery.…
Desecration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The controversy surrounding the recent funeral for Cecilia Gentili at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York has…
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Other Thinkers
Years ago, I spent a month with my family in Burundi. I had once worked there when…
