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One Cheer for Hollywood

Peter J. Leithart

Back in the misty recesses of time—2020—the Los Angeles Times announced that newly-elected President Biden would remake…

Has Houellebecq Found a Happy Ending?

Joshua Hren

Annihilation: A Novel by michel houellebecq translated by shaun whiteside farrar, straus and giroux, 540 pages, $30…

Calling All Aspiring Classical Teachers

Mark Bauerlein

In 1989, Teach for America (TFA) started with a winning idea: recruit elite college seniors to teach…

German “Synodality” and the World Church

George Weigel

In a recent interview with The Pillar, Dr. Frank Ronge, a veteran German Catholic bureaucrat who coordinates…

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2024: #1

Xavier Rynne II

Letters from the Synod began in 2015 at the request of Cardinal George Pell, then the Prefect…

The Orwellian Evolution of Banned Books Week

John Byron Kuhner

This week is “Banned Books Week,” a fact being advertised at libraries and booksellers across the country.…

Elizabeth Inchbald, Inventor of the Catholic Novel

Francis Young

While the “Catholic novel” is a recognized subgenre—associated above all, in the twentieth century, with Evelyn Waugh…

Women and the Catholic Novel

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Haley Stewart joins in…

Rock Lessons

John Wilson

Late in October 2018, I wrote a First Things column called “A Sense of Time,” most of…

Rehumanizing the Humanities

James Hankins

I have to admit to a tendency for my eyes to glaze over when people talk about…

September Reflections

John Wilson

The month of September is particularly resonant for me. As some faithful readers may recall, it was…

We Need Good Protestant Ethicists

Carl R. Trueman

Most Americans are in favor of abortion under certain circumstances. This is not all too surprising when…

On Forthcoming Books

John Wilson

If you have been following this column for a while, you know I am an obsessive reader…

The Story of the Comfort Women

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. J. Mark Ramseyer joins…

Film and Faith

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Carson Holloway joins the…