If any of you miss the writings of our former managing editor, Anthony Sacramone, or enjoyed his previous career as Luther at the Movies, rejoice and be glad. Anthony will continue to write for us, but now has his own blog as well. Strange Herring is like a funnier, less serious First Things , so when the gravity of the world begins to be, well, grave, visit Anthony for some Lutheran relief.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…