I don’t know, Nathaniel. I especially enjoyed some of the quirkier pieces in the December issue, now available online to non-subscribers. How about Fernando Gouvêa’s “Faith by the Numbers” review, in which we glimpse how Victorian mathematics and faith intertwined? Fascinating, but hardly your standard dinner-time conversation!
Math can be beautiful, but those who prefer less abstract beauty (and have had their fill of modern art exhibits) will appreciate Matthew Milliner’s “Art of Transgression.” Beginning with a sometime shocking, often humorous, litany of current artistic woes, Milliner concludes by saying that “artists of faith are perhaps the only ones who can still enjoy the thrill of transgression—violating by their existence one of the art world’s last nonnegotiable ordinances.” But don’t take my word on it. Read these articles for yourself. Better yet, read the whole issue.
Ethics of Rhetoric in Times of War
What we say matters. And the way we say it matters. This is especially true in times…
How the State Failed Noelia Castillo
On March 26, Noelia Castillo, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, was killed by her doctors at her own…
The Mind’s Profane and Sacred Loves
The teachers you have make all the difference in your life. That they happened to come into…