Public Life
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Walker Percy’s Questions
You may have heard the story of how I first came to read Walker Percy’s wonderful collection…
Modernity in the High Mugello
I recently spent a day with my dog, revisiting two remote mountain valleys in the Tuscan-Romagnolan Apennine…
Next Steps for the Pro-Life Movement
In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, many pro-life leaders have suggested that now…
Thank You, Your Majesty
Americans have many reasons to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the few truly…
The Witness of Words
The upcoming Jewish High Holidays might not seem like a fitting time to ponder Twitter, virtue-signaling, and…
Padre Pio Saved My Life
Last week, Bishop Robert Barron released a video interview with Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf, who recently embraced…
Enlightened Scripture?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Ney joins the podcast to…
Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen
The date of the final test and ultimate collapse of Catholic Ireland, at least as we knew…
Just Vengeance in The Terminal List
The following contains spoilers for The Terminal List. Amazon’s new TV series The Terminal List has critics…
Surgery is the New Sex
During an early scene in Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg’s latest film, the performance artist Saul…
Miseducation of the Youth
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stanley Kurtz joins the podcast to…
Lessons from Jane Austen
In season two of Netflix’s wildly popular television series Bridgerton, protagonist and resident feminist Eloise Bridgerton tells…
The Privatization of the Truth
In his 1989 essay, “The Privatization of the Good,” Alasdair MacIntyre writes that a liberal society’s failure…
Elizabeth Warren, Woke Totalitarian
The subject line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger…
On Sleep and Dreams
We all have our peculiarities, some of which we prefer to conceal while choosing to broadcast others.…
