Arts & Letters
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German Catholicism: On the Brink or at the Cutting Edge?
On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the…
Remembering Avery Dulles
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. During his life, Dulles…
A Voice of Sanity
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why…
Israel’s Virtues
On October 6, Israel was a divided nation. Massive anti-government demonstrations rocked the country for months. Hundreds…
Books for Christmas 2023
Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that…
Indi Gregory and the Future of Death on Demand
Italian actress Sibilla Barbieri recently left her native land in order to leave this world in Switzerland.…
Fight Together, Win Together
On Saturday, October 7, a band of Hamas terrorists breached an internationally recognized border and crossed into…
A Tragic Bent
Fragile Objects: Short Stories by katy carl wiseblood books, 318 pages, $15 In her collection of engaging…
A Day in the Life of a Columnist
Writing a column is a strange, many-sided enterprise. It is, first and foremost, a privilege: to be…
Protestants Need to Go Back to Basics
Last Monday I had the pleasure of delivering the opening lecture for the newly-founded Center for Classical…
On Moral Diffidence and Scarlet Letters
As someone who worked for decades toward the reconciliation of Christians and Jews, I am deeply disquieted…
In Support of Jimmy Lai
As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal enforcer of…
Classical Education Is Not a Right-Wing Project
Recently a book of mine underwent a perplexing treatment in the New York Review of Books. Normally…
The Grave Sin of Jew-Hatred
Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the…
Calling Western Civilization to Its Senses
The venue for the inaugural conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, held Oct. 30–Nov. 1 in…
