April 2023
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Happiness Requires Resistance
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want…
Let My People Go—For What?
Jews throughout the world celebrate the first nights of Passover, which commemorate God’s deliverance of the Israelites…
Peace in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is passing the one-year mark as I write. In its early days, the…
Sex-Realist Feminism
What is a woman’s place in society? Down the centuries, from Plato and Aristotle to Margaret Sanger…
Who Killed the Catholic University?
Have you not heard of that mad Catholic professor who lit a lantern in the bright morning…
My Gideon Bible
My mother was notorious for it: checking out of a hotel with an item or two more…
How Gay Marriage Changed America
In November 2022, the ACLU’s deputy director for transgender justice came out against gay marriage. “I find…
Letters
Family and Poetry I was very gripped by Kerri Christopher’s essay, “Three Christmas Dinners” (February 2023). I’ve…
Out of the Abyss
One day this winter, I found myself staring into a deep, dark, menacing hole. I mean that…
Theology in Division
Level with me—you’re Catholic, right? I get this question a lot—from students, folks at church, academic colleagues.…
Unmasking the Young
One of the priests I most admire grew up on a farm on the Canadian plains. The…
Briefly Noted — 4/23
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by andrea wulf knopf, 512 pages,…
Cold War Contradictions
Kennan:A Life Between Worldsby frank costigliolaprinceton, 648 pages, $39.95 Another Kennan biography? The study of George Kennan—American…
Grace, Sin, and History
The Two Cities: A History of Christian Politicsby andrew willard jonesemmaus road, 376 pages, $34.95 Writing authentic…
Great Scot
Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotusby thomas m. wardangelico, 174 pages, $26 Rodney Dangerfield…
Scruton’s Castle
Against the Tide: The Best of Roger Scruton’s Columns, Commentaries and Criticismedited by mark dooleybloomsbury, 256 pages,…
Spare Us
Spareby prince harryrandom house, 416 pages, $36 Every Briton seems to have reached a verdict on Prince…
Ash Wednesday
The clouds are fused with amber fireAs vultures climb a dirgy gyre,Babel building with each bird,Glutted on…
Bethany
In Bethany, what might the Lord have saidHad Martha never questioned Mary’s ways;If Mary were the one…
