Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Morbid Safetyism
In the spring of 2003, I was in my third year of graduate school and expecting my…
Amy Coney Barrett and Originalism
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s view on originalism and stare decisis is now a subject of public discussion.…
If You Sup With The Devil
If you sup with the devil, you’d better bring a long spoon.” In dealing with China, it’s…
The Catholic Future
The Next Pope:The Office of Peter and a Church in Missionby george weigel ignatius, 141 pages, $19.95…
Universal Horror
All through the first great war to end all wars, / the siren-addled nights of its successor,…
Should the Southern Baptist Convention Change Its Name?
J. D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), recently announced that his church, The Summit…
The Case For Amy Coney Barrett
Last week, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died…
A Man for Strengthening Others
When the choirs of angels led Father Paul Mankowski, SJ, into the Father’s House on September 3,…
Bad Art Warps Our Vision
I haven’t listened to “WAP,” the obscene song with the unprintable full title that’s topping the summer…
Rediscovering Eucharistic Amazement
In his 2003 encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia (The Church from the Eucharist), Pope St. John Paul II…
How to Reform Higher Education
Congress is deadlocked over a $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill. As our representatives hash out their differences,…
The Real Damien of Molokai
Marisol Escobar’s statue of St. Damien of Molokai has graced the statuary hall in the U.S. Capitol…
By That Heart Known
The young man in his cell / Receives his guest / Who all his heart should tell…
Brave New World Revisited
H. G. Wells was a tiresome socialist, but an interesting futurist. One of the best books I…
Free Speech Prevails at Princeton
This is a time of testing for our nation. We were already in the midst of dealing…
