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Antidotes to Postmodern Lunacy
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gad Saad joins the podcast…
Totalitarian Democracy
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Roger Kimball joins the podcast…
American Catholics and the Cold War
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. D. G. Hart discusses his…
France’s Islamist Problem Is Everyone’s Problem
Allāhu akbar!” These were among the last words heard by the three Catholics killed by a knife-wielding…
Religion and the Presidency
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Kenneth L. Woodward argues that…
The Expert Bubble Begins to Burst
As Lao Tzu wrote, the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Humans and…
Socialism Doesn’t Work
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Charles Mizrahi…
Trump, Biden, and Religion in American Politics
The old adage that England and America are two nations divided by a common language contains much…
The Sixties Never Ended
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Fred…
Joe Biden, Pre-Conciliar Catholic?
The image of the pre-conciliar Catholic Church in the United States as catechetically effective and politically potent…
Baseball’s Beginnings
Sixty-six years ago, I saw my first Major League Baseball game, in the 1954 World Series between…
Why the Senate Should Confirm Judge Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is appearing…
The Art of Criticism
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Carlin Romano joins the…
Diversity At the Oscars
After controversies about the lack of representation of racial minorities at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion…
The Vice of Curiosity
This year’s lectionary readings for the matriculation service at the seminary where I teach were rather curious.…