February 2022
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Abortion
New York Times columnist Charles Blow fulminated recently that those who fail to cleave to late-model progressivism…
At Lenin’s Tomb
History, to the modern mind, has a goal and follows the path of progress, so that new…
O Light Exalted
Dante’s understanding of the heavens—as spheres rotating around the Earth—has been out of date astronomically for nearly…
Reunion on the Far Shore
Heaven,” Jonathan Edwards says in the fifteenth and last of his Charity Sermons, “is a World of…
Cosmology and Creation
In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1951, Pope Pius XII remarked that “true…
It Is Enough
The other day, I stumbled across a wonderful live recording of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s…
Letters
Old v. Young Philip Pilkington’s provocative essay, “Generation Against Generation”(December), portrays capitalist countries ripped apart by tensions…
Sondheim’s Cynicism
When Stephen Sondheim died in late November at ninety-one, the eulogies, tributes, and bouquets from critics and…
There’s No Place for Us
In 1947, the three most exciting Jews in American entertainment got together to plan their first collaboration.…
Workism Isn’t Working
Workism is a new word, and it’s a good one. It captures the spirit of our elites,…
Briefly Noted — 2/22
The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order by donald j. devine encounter books, 384 pages, $32…
Prohibition Revisited
Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibitionby mark lawrence schradoxford, 752 pages, $23.80 Howard Zinn’s A…
The End of the End of the End
The End of the End of History:Politics in the Twenty-First Centuryby alex hochuli, george hoare, and philip…
The Genius of Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journeyby david cayleypenn state, 560 pages, $44.95 Ivan Illich’s star once burned brightly.…
What the 1619 Project Means
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Storycreated by nikole hannah-jonesone world, 624 pages, $38 In 1930, Lorenzo…
As It Turns Out
Give me, I thought, a stand of tilted pinesguarding white water hurtling into mist.Give me a steep-cut…
Saint Gertrude
The patroness of those beset by miceand rats, she stands before red tapestry.Blue floor tiles feature her…
