December 2022
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A Twentieth-Century Prophet
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon a cult. Browsing in a secondhand bookshop, I picked up…
Church, State, and the Common Good
Capitalism is best understood as the modern ambition to order and value all available resources solely on…
Leo Strauss and the Closed Society
In the spring of 1941, as Hitler was laying plans for his invasion of the Soviet Union,…
Satan Unbound
On the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany in 2021, after churches had reopened but while…
The Dead End of the New Left
For decades, the progressive left has denounced the West for fostering imperialism. Since at least the 1960s,…
Ancients and Moderns
We are no better than our ancestors. I firmly believe this, although apparently many others do not.…
Epic Failures
Can you believe that Halbrand insulted Miriel, queen regent of Númenor, by saying she was either blind…
Letters
American Empire Congratulations to Nigel Biggar for his “A Christian Defense of American Empire” (October). As three…
Prodigal Daughter
Like many a wayward daughter of middle-class America, when I was in college I took up academic…
Sweat The Small Stuff
One cause of American society’s shift to the left over the past six decades has been a…
Why I Went to a Catholic College
I was seventeen when my father and I embarked on the long flight to Denver from Amsterdam,…
Briefly Noted — 12/22
Behold the Christ: Proclaiming the Gospel of Matthew by leroy a. huizenga emmaus road, 448 pages, $27.95…
Conservatives for Labor
A Collective Bargain:Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracyby jane mcaleveyharpercollins, 304 pages, $16.99 Ten years ago…
God’s Wrath
Is God a Vindictive Bully?:Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testamentsby paul copanbaker academic, 320 pages,…
Reactionary Shakespeare
Holding a Mirror up to Nature:Shame, Guilt, and Violence in Shakespeareby james gilligan and david a. j.…
The F-Word
Fighting the Last War: Confusion, Partisanship, and Alarmism in the Literature on the Radical Rightby jeffrey m.…
Unintended Consequences
To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican IIby george weigelbasic books, 368 pages, $32 There…
Dénouement
When all goes ill instead of well,There is no remedy but love.Test after test, results do tellWhen…
Dinner at Gautreau’s
I’m seated at Gautreau’s, uptown, with Laine,fine student, now good friend. Obliged to bookan early hour—few choices…
