Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Comfort Food
Lentils and barley,water and salt,split peas and pasta—pure to a fault— stir until clouded,season to taste,boil and…
The Rise of Dystopian Nonfiction
I have been fascinated by dystopias since my youth—a youth full of sci-fi movies with grim visions…
Getting to Larisa
Plotinus: Myth, Metaphor, and Philosophical Practiceby stephen r. l. clarkuniversity of chicago, 336 pages, $55 Probably nothing…
The K-T Boundary
The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary is a distinct layer in the rock strata laid down about 65 million…
The Persecution of Professor Esolen
Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United…
Books for Christmas 2016
Take a stand against the electrification of reading and consider the following, in properly bound form, as…
Tinsel, Frankincense, and Fir
Hanging old ornaments on a fresh cut tree,I take each red glass bulb and tinfoil seraphAnd blow…
Letters—December 2016
No Authority As a practicing general pediatrician, I appreciated Dr. Leonard Sax’s article “Don’t Ask the Kids”…
Escaping the Narcisphere
The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism Kristin DombekFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 160…
Aristotle and the Elections
Elections can make you wonder about where you live. It can be frightening to share so little…
The Gospel According to Jack Chick
Jack Chick passed away last week. If the name sounds obscure, would it help if I mentioned…
Suzuki Method Uberparenting
My oldest child started piano lessons back in the nineties, due to somewhat base parental motives. A…
A Flurry of Owls
Once again a child asks me suddenly What is a poem?,And once again I find myself riffing…
On Reading Old Books
Are the classics outdated? Some think so. “There’s nothing new, no sense of exploration or departure from…
Celibacy, Self-Acceptance, And the Extra Inkling
I’ve just finished Charles Williams’s 1937 novel Descent into Hell, which was recommended to me by a…
