Arts & Letters
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No Optimism, Much Hope
While history is always full of surprises, including happy ones, I must confess that I’m not full…
Grander and Weirder
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanityby david graeber and david wengrowfarrar, straus and giroux, 730…
Antifascists after Fascism
Antifascism: The Course of a Crusadeby paul gottfriednorthern illinois university, 216 pages, $34.95 When questioned by reporters…
Christmas by Dickensian Decree
There are holy days of sobering solemnity when one is meant to reflect on the sadness of…
Sacred Order in Social Order
Last Best Hope:America in Crisis and Renewalby george packerfarrar, straus and giroux, 240 pages, $27 Many Americans…
What We’re For
Transgenderism bad. Woke revolution bad. Cancel culture bad. We know what we’re against. But what are we…
Two Cheers for Utopia
Don’t immanentize the eschaton” has been a conservative axiom since William F. Buckley popularized it in the…
A Proper Christian Burial
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Tim Perry joins the podcast…
It’s Not All In Your Head
Leave Society by tao lin vintage, 368 pages, $16 The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery…
The Irreligious Right
A World After Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Rightby matthew roseyale, 208 pages, $28 In a series…
Jordan Peterson and God
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Christopher Kaczor joins the podcast…
The Decline and Fall of America?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Joseph Johnston joins the podcast…
Inclusivity at Notre Dame
Colleges today urge students to be inclusive of all people, opinions, and choices. But at a Catholic…
The Heart of the Good Life
Faith’s Place:Democracy in a Religious Worldby bryan s. turner and damien freemanconnor court publishing, 244 pages, $40…
Serial Thinking
It aggravates me mightily that if ten random test-subjects were shown the word “serial” as a prompt…