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Diversity Is a Bore
Diversity has no plot. Or rather, it has half a plot, or one-fourth or one-fifth. I mean this in…
The War that Changed America in the World
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Clay Risen…
A Pakaluk of Lies
It is tempting to see a pattern here. Two attacks on my recent book That All Shall…
Francis Stands Firm
Pope Francis has shown himself to be his own man. In his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia,…
Events Roundup—2.13.20
New York, New York Do Bad Catholics Make for Good Fiction?Tuesday, February 18Join the Morningside Institute for…
As the Synodal Way Begins
The Catholic Church in Germany has begun its “Synodal Way.” From Jan. 30–Feb. 1, the German bishops…
Irish Politics Plays Musical Chairs
The Irish general election currently underway is the strangest Irish election in my lifetime—the culmination of a…
Catholics and Inclusion Statements
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Patrick Reilly…
Via Negativa: Mourning Dove
Sightless in morning fog,she laces fallen fibers of fan palm, bunchgrass,the birch’s lost twigs, spins an empty…
A Supreme Court Sequel for the Little Sisters
The Little Sisters of the Poor are headed back to the Supreme Court this term. It is…
The Bullies and That Book
Immediately after news broke on January 12 that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah had…
The Smallest of Crosses
By a strange coincidence, I was halfway through reading my friend R. R. Reno’s Return of the Strong…
Roger Scruton: Burkean and Bohemian
The death of Sir Roger Scruton has deprived academic aesthetics of one of its most creative, insightful,…
Star Wars Goes Out With a Whimper
I am sorry to report that The Rise of Skywalker, finale to the Star Wars sequel trilogy…
Learning in the Fast Lane
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Chester Finn discusses…