Make Villains Wicked Again
by Germán SaucedoTo identify and avoid evil, we must first learn to recognize the good. Continue Reading »
Books for Christmas—2024
by George WeigelHere are some suggestions for Christmas book-giving (not “gifting”!). Continue Reading »
Wifejak, Icon of the Normal
by Sohrab AhmariWifejak is silly and a little annoying and painfully normal—and she’s endearing in the extreme not in spite of these qualities, but precisely because of them. Continue Reading »
What Conclave Yearns For
by Dan HitchensThe movie loves Latin, Gregorian chant, and princes of the Church being clothed in liturgical robes needing several acolytes to handle them. Continue Reading »
Get Out of Your Slippers
by Mark BauerleinTwo hundred years from now, will people look back at the twentieth century as an anomaly in the history of faith? Continue Reading »
Finding Order in the Pieces
by John WilsonAt Thanksgiving we look back and ahead at the same—we look forward to the Great Feast. May it be so. Continue Reading »
Heresy Costs
by Brian Patrick EhaGrace may be free, but holiness costs, remarked Flannery O'Connor. Nick Cave, her literary descendant, reminds us that heresy does, too. Continue Reading »
Paul Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky at 75
by Nat BrownFreed from the burden of bodily existence and the pain of self-recognition, one is able to contemplate—in a word—the void. Continue Reading »
From LSD to Christ
by Mark BauerleinThe kids need intelligent, reader-friendly introductions to the masterpieces. Continue Reading »
Outlaws of the American Dream
by Eddie LaRowThe best music will not settle for mere protest or interrogation. Continue Reading »
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