The Paradox of Summer
Karen Ullo, Dappled Things
The Decline—and Fall?—of Religious Freedom in America
Bruce Abramson, Mosaic
What it’s Like to Be a Prison Chaplain
Emma Green, The Atlantic
The Importance of American Dogs
R. J. Moeller, Acculturated
Feminists: Defend the Body, not the Frankenstein
Scott Masson, Intercollegiate Review
Why We Love Falstaff
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…