February 2021
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Adversary Culture in 2020
The unrest that erupted in late May 2020 started in Minneapolis, my hometown, with the death of…
Anger-Politics on the Right
Populism is a threat to democracy.” “Trump is an authoritarian.” “Trump subverts constitutional norms.” Claims such as…
Evangelicals and Race Theory
For many years, apart from sporadic eruptions in American society, the issue of race has played Banquo’s…
Lincoln’s Almost Chosen People
In his wonderful book Land of Lincoln, Andrew Ferguson recalls meeting an immigrant family from Thailand who…
Valuing Celibacy
The question of married priests is primarily a Christological and ecclesiological one. But it has important practical…
Letters
Fatherlessness One of the most fascinating details of Mary Eberstadt’s “The Fury of the Fatherless” (December) is…
Passionate Men
Among Christians, anger is one of the seven deadly sins. For Jews, too, it is a major…
Praying the Psalms
Athanasius, the heroic bishop of Alexandria in the mid-fourth century—who was sent into exile five times—is best…
Seeing the Whole
A few years ago, I visited Albi, a small town in southern France famed for its Cathedral of…
The Myth of the Sixties
Once again, college students are in angry rebellion—against almost everything, it seems. I remember the feeling. But…
When Campion Met Miss Anscombe
Edmund Campion (1540–81) and Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001) were among the most brilliant of their generations of Oxford…
A Good Editor Is Hard to Find
Good Things Out of Nazareth:The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O’Connor and Friendsby flannery o’connor edited by benjamin…
Benevolent Autocrat
Salazar:The Dictator Who Refused to Dieby tom gallagher hurst, 360 pages, $34.95 The sinister character Salazar Slytherin,…
Briefly Noted
Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader Statesby bernard hamilton & andrew jotischky cambridge, 552 pages, $100…
Eminent Boomers
Boomers:The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disasterby helen andrews sentinel, 256 pages, $27 Every…
The Best Catholic Bible
The Augustine Bible:English Standard Version, Catholic Editionaugustine institute, 1,232 pages, $49.95 Of the making of Bibles, it…
The Real Sherman
The Scourge of War:The Life of William Tecumseh Shermanby brian holden reid oxford, 640 pages, $34.95 If…
Matthew 10:42
St. Patron’s School depends on your supportTo clothe the Native children, care for, feed,And to provide affection…
