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On Blood Moons and Babylonian Whores
The Book of Revelation contains vivid imagery, wild analogies, and rhetoric rife with end-times judgment. John’s enigmatic…
The Crowd
Enticing to the coward is the crowd: / It speaks what each dares not to speak alone,…
Befriending Geoffrey Chaucer: A Review
The Fellowship of the Beatific Vision: Chaucer on Overcoming Tyranny and Becoming Ourselvesby norm klassenwipf and stock,…
Opening Up the World
I am in Portsmouth, Rhode Island this weekend, attending “Being Human: Christian Perspectives on the Human Person,” an…
The Book of Revelation: A Class Lesson
during the years i taught scripture to adults— / i would tell them this is my favorite…
Sanguine
Requiescat in pace, Father Jacques Hamel / Martyred at the church of St. Étienne, / Named for…
The War on Tenure
If you think the threats to our freedom are primarily external, you haven’t been paying attention. In…
Slouching Toward Vegas
South and West: From a Notebookby joan didionknopf, 160 pages, $21 “There is,” says Don DeLillo, “a…
My Father’s Father’s Body
My grandpa built a go-cart out of junk: / An old lawnmower engine, scraps of metal, /…
In Praise of the “New Alarmism”
Let’s start with two simple facts. All of us have limited time. Most of us have limited…
Comfort Food
Lentils and barley, / water and salt, / split peas and pasta...
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
On top of the food chain, they had few concerns. / It was bathwater warm, there were…
The Persecution of Professor Esolen
Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United…
