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Against Christian Civilization

The last time I was in America, which was last autumn, I visited the battlefield at Little Bighorn.…
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Large Language Poetry

Nikolas Prassas
In my ideal undergraduate course in literary criticism, the first semester would include a brisk introduction to large language models. This is less absurd than it sounds. Recall that…

The Re-Churching of Men

Blake Johnson

Church life in America has been majority-­female for some time. According to Pew Research, women make up…

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Biden Is the New Francis

Matthew Schmitz

Early in 2016, articles began to appear noting similarities between Pope Francis and Donald Trump. Trump’s promise…

Covenantal Capitalism

Liel Leibovitz

One recent afternoon, while visiting Universal Studios, I found myself seriously contemplating socialism. I was standing in…

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Fiction and Last Things

Host: Mark Bauerlein GUEST: Cassandra Nelson

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cassandra Nelson joins in to discuss her recent book, A Theology of Fiction. The conversation is embedded…

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Brave New World Conservatism

Host: R.R. Reno GUEST: Anselm Audley

In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his book review “Paleofuturism” from the February 2024 issue of the magazine. The conversation is…

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Cicero the Comedian

Host: Mark Bauerlein GUEST: Michael Fontaine

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Michael Fontaine joins in to discuss his recent translations, How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide…

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How Family Breakdown Fuels Child Exploitation

Lois McLatchie Miller
Elon Musk did the world a service by bringing the U.K.’s darkest crimes to light. The “grooming gangs” scandal, which took place over decades in our poorest, post-industrial towns,…

Mr. Merz, Tear Down This Firewall

Andreas Lombard

The evening before the German parliamentary elections, I saw a young man drop his empty beverage can…

Pope Francis and “Selective Indignation”

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Last month, the chief rabbi of Rome accused Pope Francis of “selective indignation” in his comments about…

Putting Americans in Iron Lungs Again?

George Weigel

The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services…

The Communist Origins of Europe’s “Hate Speech” Crisis

Paul Coleman

Following Vice President JD Vance’s groundbreaking speech at the Munich Security Conference, the world is awakening to…

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Letter to a Young Bishop

Scott Hahn

Your Excellency, I’m writing only because you asked. I have so far successfully avoided the role of…

Dostoevsky’s Credo

Gary Saul Morson

What does it mean to believe something? Is it possible for a person to profess an idea…

Finding Faith in the Fragments

Peter Tonguette

When your parents were married for seventeen years before you were born, as mine were, you spend…

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Necessary Societies

Sam Zeno Conedera

On the Dignity of Society is an anthology of Russell Hittinger’s previously published articles, organized into three…

Mind the Gap

Kit Wilson

I grew up in a religiously sympathetic, if not always actively practicing, household. During my toddler years, my…

Merkelʼs Country

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German readers have a powerful appetite for doorstop political autobiographies, gossip-filled 600- and 700-page apologias by major…

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The End of March 

Sally Thomas

Stands of bearded iris, purple in mourningSpring up, early, among their cool green speartips,Pale and pointed, palmlike,…

Letter to a Middle-Aged Poet 

Matthew Buckley Smith

Nature and history have made us what we are, fat hapless amateurs stranded some ninety million miles from the nearest…

Birds of the Air 

Gretchen Bartels-Ray

Look— crimson berries for songbirds, writhing worms for red-breasted early birds, swarming mice and astonished doves plucked…

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