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Clint Eastwood’s Law
In the course of his seven-decade career, Clint Eastwood has come to be identified with a single…
At the Graveside
Based on Philip Melanchthon’s epitaph for his son, Georg
Fellow Travelers
Christianity is cropping up in unexpected places. This summer, Jordan Peterson chatted with Elon Musk. In his…
Common Sense Tragedy
Machen’s Hope: The Transformation of a Modernist in the New Princetonby richard e. burnetteerdmans, 638 pages, $45.99…
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2024: #1
Letters from the Synod began in 2015 at the request of Cardinal George Pell, then the Prefect…
Can Nations Be Baptized?
Can nations be baptized? Jesus thought so. His last words in Matthew’s Gospel are, “Go therefore and…
The Orwellian Evolution of Banned Books Week
This week is “Banned Books Week,” a fact being advertised at libraries and booksellers across the country.…
Elizabeth Inchbald, Inventor of the Catholic Novel
While the “Catholic novel” is a recognized subgenre—associated above all, in the twentieth century, with Evelyn Waugh…
Women and the Catholic Novel
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Haley Stewart joins in…
Rock Lessons
Late in October 2018, I wrote a First Things column called “A Sense of Time,” most of…
Lose the Gospel, Return to Childishness
In Milan Kundera’s 1975 novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Czechoslovakian president Gustav Husak—the “President of…
On the Ground in Ukraine
Sunday morning, June 16, 2024. Two dogs, Molly and Linda, lounge on the covered patio of Nazaret…
Clint Eastwood’s Lonely Heroes
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his article…
September Reflections
The month of September is particularly resonant for me. As some faithful readers may recall, it was…
We Need Good Protestant Ethicists
Most Americans are in favor of abortion under certain circumstances. This is not all too surprising when…
