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Cowards in the House

Greg Forster

Don’t miss Kevin Williamson’s moving personal testimony on the occasion of House Republicans’ unwillingness to vote on…

The Pope, Technology, Kids

Mark Bauerlein

In remarks delivered at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila last week, the Pope received a…

First Links — 1.22.15

The Editors

Catholic Identity and the Core Curriculum at Notre Dame Charlotte Hayes, National Catholic Register The Definition of…

Ancients on the Ancients

Peter J. Leithart

Christopher B. Hays’s Hidden Riches is a well-organized, comprehensive compilation of Ancient Near Eastern sources – creation stories,…

Theopolis Class Registration

Peter J. Leithart

The Book of Revelation has fascinated Christians for two millennia, but it is more discussed than understood.…

The Prodigal and the Cross

Peter J. Leithart

The Prodigal Son parable (Luke 15) has been a favorite of liberal theologians for a couple of…

Revolutions in Taste

Peter J. Leithart

Massimo Montanari claims in his Medieval Tastes that medieval tastes and customs regarding food were changed by two…

Polite Fascism in New Jersey

Matthew J. Franck

In the pages of the Times of Trenton on January 20, a psychologist named Ronald J. Coughlin…

A Hint of Thermidorian Reaction?

Carl R. Trueman

According to the Washington Post, students at Mount Holyoke College have decided to abandon an annual tradition…

First Links—1.21.15

The Editors

St. John Cassian and the Spirituality of St. Dominic Br. Nicholas Schneider, O.P. Dominicana To Fall Out…

Abominable Commerce

Peter J. Leithart

Balances were essential to commerce in ancient Israel, weighing not only commodities to be bought and sold…

Why Conserve?

Peter J. Leithart

“Do not move an ancient landmark,” Solomon says in Proverbs 23:10. Just what a king would say:…

Political Augustinianism

Peter J. Leithart

Michael Bruno’s Political Augustinianism is a thorough examination of recent interpretations of Augustine’s political thought, starting with French…

Unfulfilled Promises

Peter J. Leithart

George Friedman has written that the promise of the European union was not merely prosperity and peace,…

Europe and Nothingness

George Weigel

In the wake of the horrific jihadist attack on the Paris-based journal Charlie Hebdo, the trope “satirical magazine”…