Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Vulgar Deconstruction
Back in the 1970s, when the humanities still set the intellectual tone for the college campus, it…
Leonard Cohen, Religious Alchemist
Leonard Cohen was a Canadian, but he was the poet laureate of another nation: a nation of…
A Childhood Gone to the Dogs
Not too long ago, a business trip took me to the Southern California neighborhood in which I…
Gnostic Longings
Some years ago, an older friend turned fifty and his body suddenly fell apart. He had several…
Hazarding All
The Merchant of Venice consists of three intertwined plots—what some have labeled the “casket plot,” the “bond…
Suzuki Method Uberparenting
My oldest child started piano lessons back in the nineties, due to somewhat base parental motives. A…
Golden Memories of a Golden Anniversary
After Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium was torn down in the old hometown in 2002, I began describing the…
Animal Rights Would Ban Pets
“Animal rights” is often conflated “animal welfare.” But they are not the same—not even close. Animal welfare…
Patty Duke’s Unforgettable Life
Patty Duke burst onto the Broadway stage in 1959, at age twelve. She was cast as Helen…
The Conservative Lawyers versus the Never Trumpers
Just a month ago, in a harbinger of things to come, the conservative side lost in the…
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…
Baseball: Practices for Coming Home
Watching the many oblong games—football, basketball, soccer, hockey—might lead one to believe that our human purpose is…
The Moral Heart of Hamilton
After more than a year on Broadway, a hip-hop musical about Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shows no…
The Elephant in the Room
Of all our major columnists, Peggy Noonan has thought the most deeply about the anti-establishment sentiments roiling…
Loving Our Enemies
Of all the teachings of the Gospel, one of the least heeded is the command to love…
