May 2023
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Spiritual Death of the West
The most important dystopian novels of the first half of the twentieth century are Aldous Huxley’s Brave…
America’s Imperial Ideology
On March 20, the United States organized a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the…
Judith Butler’s Trouble
ABerkeley student approaches two older women. She has a flier in her hand. “Hey, happy No-Pants Day!”…
What Ukraine Means
On February 24, 2022, something considered so unlikely in the twenty-first century as to be almost unimaginable…
1968 Is So Over
In 1883, speaking not as a novelist but as a bystander describing a terrible scene of carnage,…
Hazards of Nationalism
Anti-Christian violence is on the rise in Israel. Jewish extremists have attacked Christian sites six times since…
Insight at First Sight
Imagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end…
Knowing Animals, Knowing God
Should we care about extinction? We hear all kinds of numbers about this. At the top end,…
Letters
Dilemmas Matthew Schmitz presents many admirable points in his article, “Benedict Lives” (March 2023). Always respectful of…
What ChatGPT Can’t Do
I’d forgotten nearly everything about my years in school, which, given my mild allergic reaction to sclerotic…
An American Evangelist
Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formationby collin hansenzondervan, 320 pages, $26.99 I first met Tim Keller in…
Anti-Zionism Goes Woke
The No-State Solution:A Jewish Manifestoby daniel boyarinyale university, 200 pages, $30 Like a starving zombie, identity politics…
Briefly Noted — 5/23
Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times by aaron sachs princeton,…
Heroic Historian
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great Warby joseph t. stuartcatholic university of…
Reno Contra Mundum
The End of Interpretation: Reclaiming the Priority of Ecclesial Exegesisby r. r. renobaker academic, 192 pages, $22.99…
The Firm
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firmby walt bogdanich…
City Nave
Stand on your head. You’ll see that she’s a boatWinding between the waves of wailing walls,Careening through…
Virgil in Limbo
“There is a place down there, not saddened by torments but only by darkness, where the laments…
