Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Houellebecq and the Death of Europe
Serotonin: A Novelby michel houellebecqfarrar, straus and giroux, 320 pages, $27 Europe is old, decrepit, and suffering…
Historical Clarity and Today’s Catholic Contentions
One of the curiosities of the 21st-century Catholic debate is that many Catholic traditionalists (especially integralists) and…
God, Country, Notre Dame
On September 27, the Sheen Center in Manhattan hosted an event with Father Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., author…
Of Cigarettes and Grace
The dramatic action of grace is rooted in Christology: Christ descended into the world and passed through the…
Heaven Is Above Me
Every year I am surprised by which books turn out to be (for me) among the most…
Toni Morrison, Novelist of Forgiveness
The list of reasons to admire novelist Toni Morrison—who died two weeks ago, at age eighty-eight—is long.…
Currency and the Common Good
Aristotle defines money as “the substitute for need.” Currency enables us to acquire basic necessities, since it…
The Good of Politics
In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World by jake meadorivp books, 208 pages, $22.53…
Why We Read Memoirs
In June, the New York Times published a list of “The Best 50 Memoirs of the Last…
Hating Netanyahu
Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahuby anshel pfefferbasic, 432 pages, $32 After Israeli Premier…
A Possible Argument for Mercy
Did heaven ever seem so far?Remember—we are as You were,but all our lives, from birth to death—Gethsemane…
The Story of St. Mark’s Gospel
An interview with Michael Pakaluk, author of The Memoirs of St. Peter, a new translation and commentary…
What She Asks, She Obtains
When historian Henry Adams and his fellow Americans—including Augustus St. Gaudens, Margaret Terry Chanler, Willa Cather, and…
A Not-So-Shaggy Dog Story
Heart of Barknessby spencer quinnforge, 299 pages, $25.99 Our story begins with a recent piece by novelist…
What Should I Read?
Friend: I have a little time for reading this summer—what should I read? [Waves hand at the…
