March 2017
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Why We Believe in Fairies
Everyone—or almost everyone—agrees that there are no such things as fairies nowadays, and probably never were. They…
Falling into Eternity
In the tumultuous sixties, as an undergraduate at Harvard (for which I have prayed for forgiveness most…
Discernment of Situation
Is the pope Catholic?” used to be an answer, not a question. Alas, it has become a…
The Party Theorist
Russia has annexed part of Crimea, has usurped America’s role as arbiter of winners and losers in…
A Dissolving Age
We live in a dissolving age. Institutions, social forms, and traditional authorities recede. To the extent that…
Letters
Sing to the Lord Allen C. Guelzo’s “Play American” (January) offers up an interesting thesis: American concert…
Waiting for a Young Pope
The Young Pope, HBO’s series about an arch-reactionary successor to Pope Francis, is often boring and occasionally…
America Needs Work
Last December, with a push from President-elect Donald Trump, Carrier Corporation decided to retain around eight hundred…
Forgiving Dylann Roof
On the evening of June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, twenty-one at the time, casually joined a group…
The Omni-American Blues
Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs by albert murray edited by henry louis gates, jr. and paul…
What Jane Jacobs Saw
Eyes on the Streetby robert kanigelknopf, 496 pages, $35 Becoming Jane Jacobs by peter l. laurence university…
Aristotle on the Spectrum
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversityby steve silbermanavery, 560 pages, $19 The alleged…
Our Man In Byzantium
Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runcimanby minoo dinshawallen lane, 784 pages, £30 No events in…
Saint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Lifeby philippe girardbasic books, 352 pages, $29.99 The Virginia planter and Fire-Eater Edmund…
Prop Tools
My friend the carpenter (no, not that one) Told me about a trick some workmen use.They leave…
Addendum
Give to Caesar what is his,namely, everything there is. I see a lot of eyebrows raised.Let’s check…
Comfort Food
Lentils and barley,water and salt,split peas and pasta—pure to a fault— stir until clouded,season to taste,boil and…
The Brethren
The brethren walk about in hatsAnd up they go and down they go.The brethren’s hats are black…
Anniversary
This second circle—coming back againto the coming back—the sweeping dial of days; where all time’s whats and…
