May 2026
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Letters—May 2026
Gratitude to Samuel D. James for his nuanced retrospective on purity culture, and especially for his closing…
Recovering the University’s Soul
The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases,…
In Defense of Cultural Christianity
More than two centuries ago, Søren Kierkegaard attacked the established church of his native Denmark. He denounced…
The Savannah Enlightenment
In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from…
How Science Killed Materialism
At the beginning of the twentieth century, materialists could feel triumphant. The four preceding centuries had yielded…
Why Me?
I visited a friend of mine a few years ago. He was a deeply faithful theologian, but without…
Return of the Nobles
Here, perhaps, is the greatest problem we face these days: Everything is full. Saunter over to your…
God and Man at MIT
The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7,…
Faith-Based Failures
On January 24, 2025, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for his role…
Boomer–Zoomer Housing War
When I heard the price the retired man was asking for his home, a full $80,000 over…
Finding a Pulse
The 2020 publication of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self established Carl Trueman as one…
A Whole New World
I remember wondering, one idle summer when I was a child, why God had made the world so…
The West Distorted
G. K. Chesterton’s novel The Flying Inn begins with a strange seaside encounter involving one Misysra Ammon,…
Ratzinger in the Whirlwind
Joseph Ratzinger did not fade into obscurity when he retired to a life of prayer inside the…
The Sinew of Diplomacy
The primal scene of A. Wess Mitchell’s formidable Great Power Diplomacy is a crisis meeting in Sparta…
Catholic Bishops’ Empty Moralizing
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops made an ill-considered intervention in the legal battle over birthright…
Debates about Postliberalism
I tire of debates about postliberalism. So it was with reluctance that I turned to Zachary Chambers’s intervention,…
Climbing and Death
During the last year or so, I’ve worked on a memoir. The topic is my youth spent…
While We’re At It
Leonid Radvinsky died on March 20. He was the billionaire majority owner of OnlyFans, an online…
Godson
I doubt you’ll be a simple kind of manbut listen to the song. It’s a good plan.…
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place with Wifi
As waiters glide across the room,espresso steams beside my bookon the small, round table.The low purl of…
The No / The Yes
Nothing terrifies more than the Noyour lover whispers through a closed door:You may die for all I…
