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Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy theories abound, on right and left. Some are loony or worse. But in their recent Modern Conspiracy,…
Up, Up, and Away
Falling Upwards, a history of ballooning by Richard Holmes, deals with an enchanting subject, and Holmes writes…
Hollow Crown
David is already failing as king before he takes Bathsheba. Instead of being on the field with…
Who Condemns?
Idolatry has deprived Israel of her senses. This was one of the early messages to Isaiah (Isaiah…
Hinterlands
Paul Helm has a remarkable article on the uses and limits of Confessions. He points to the work of…
Charismatic Leadership
Hao Wu knows why people are blown away by Alibaba Founder and CEO Jack Ma. As an…
Is It Still Atheism?
“Atheism may have turned a corner,” writes Tom Roston at Quartz. He’s referring to Sam Harris’s latest, Waking Up,…
Incense in Heaven
When John enters heaven, he sees several things “before the throne”: seven lamps that are the seven…
Recreated in Four Dimensions
Have you ever been to a wedding where the heavens opened and a voice declared the couple…
?When Clergy Ostracize Tradition
Two opposing interpretations of the Second Vatican Council divide the Catholic Church. This divide is more complex…
How the Kingdom Comes
Seven angels have appeared. They are given trumpets, but before they start there is an “interlude” as…
Will Catholic Teaching on Marriage Change?
The following is an excerpt from The Hope of the Family, a booklength interview with Gerhard Cardinal…
?Pope Francis and Weddings
The New York Times titled its article, “In Weddings, Pope Looks Past Tradition.” The Wall Street Journal…
In Praise of Passion
As Robert Louis Wilken has noted on more than one occasion, Maximus the Confessor’s use of the…
Wild Grace
To some, writing and reading poetry amidst the ruthless violence in the Middle East, the trials of…
