November 2026
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Letters—November 2026
I appreciate J. H. H. Weiler’s desire for God’s mercy to be extended to Gentiles and his…
The Myth of St. Francis
At the beginning of his 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis speaks of “an episode in the…
Job and Her
It is said that Job lost everything, but she has lost more. All her possessions—the money, the…
A Muslim Answer to Muslim Immigration
Modern America worships at the altar of youth and eagerly tracks in polls and market research its…
De Gaulle Triumphant
The Second World War left Europe invaded and ruined, divided between Soviet and American occupations. Hitler’s defeat…
A Culture of Parricide
I learned a new word the other day: déploration. It’s the French, directly from the Latin, for “lament.”…
Algorithm, Interface, and AI
Many conversations about artificial intelligence end in a stalemate: A sentiment like “ChatGPT is awful because kids…
Serial Liar, Serial Comma
How would you write a public letter that you know will become front-page news? Would you write…
Who Killed the Clancy Children?
After a Massachusetts jury failed to convict Lindsay Clancy of strangling her three small children to death…
Smashing the Images
As the postwar era draws to an end, some Christians continue to reach for analogies to the…
The Cold Beauty of Jan Morris
Jan Morris (1926–2020) was a writer of astounding gifts who not only recorded history but made it.…
Forget Odysseus. Aeneas Is the True American Hero.
Who is our Odysseus? Or more precisely, who is the most Odyssean hero of American film? Matt…
Meet the Post-Religious Right
There have been many books written about the online right and the Trump movement, most by people…
Briefly Noted
Sir Andrew Motion is former poet laureate of the United Kingdom and cofounder of the Poetry Archive...
The Zone of Commitment
Neal climbs up to join me at the belay. Moving quickly, he kicks the front points of…
New Founders Wanted
It’s now 250 years since America declared her independence and embarked on the experiment of fashioning a…
While We’re At It
Erin Piacenti, a thirty-two-year-old wife and mother, was killed in Times Square on August 31. Her killer…
The Chariot Burials
Wheeling through the clotted earth, / Bronze, bone, and leather clumped in clay...
William of St. Thierry
“Where love and understanding join, hearts are tranquil, / They rise above the turmoil of this world…
