John Wilson

Immigration is a subject that is so interesting but so often misrepresented. Continue Reading »

You may end up keeping a copy for yourself and getting a second one for the friend or loved one you had in mind.
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On Nadya Williams's latest book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity. Continue Reading »

Talk about “the subtle wisdom of rocks” would usually give me a headache—but not always. Continue Reading »

The month of September is particularly resonant for me.  Continue Reading »

It’s hard not to feel a certain weariness of spirit at the prospect of yet another best new books list. Continue Reading »

During Sunday evening service we heard many miracle stories, some of them enormously powerful, others less so. Continue Reading »

We must recover an adequate grasp of the past. Continue Reading »

I have grown ever more weary and ever more irritated by the way the sixties have been routinely characterized, mythologized, and marketed. Continue Reading »

What a strange world we humans share, the reality of which utterly exceeds our grasp. Is it grotesque for me to prattle on about the flowers and the birds and the trees? Continue Reading »