Rambling Shambling Brian Doyle
by Matthew HennesseyIf Brian Doyle's style was unconventional, it was also unique and it was also good, which is the main thing. Continue Reading »
Exit Neoliberalism
by Jude RussoIn Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West, social leftism, direct democracy, and financial capital are victorious over the dark forces of nationalism and economic-political inequality. Continue Reading »
Anselm Kiefer's Beautiful Apocalypticism
by Elliot MilcoAnselm Kiefer's paintings attempt to come to terms with Germany's past, yet always transcend the reminders of guilt and suffering. Continue Reading »
Disciples Are Made in the Home
by Rebekah CurtisChristian couples’ personal decisions to keep their families small has amounted to the shrinking of America's churches. Continue Reading »
Such a Wreckage
by Dan HitchensJohn Bradburne—the saintly ascetic murdered in 1979 while caring for lepers in Rhodesia—was also the most prolific poet in the English language. Continue Reading »
The Significant Hemingway
by Mark BauerleinOver at the Claremont Review of Books, Mark Bauerlein examines a new biography of Ernest Hemingway. Continue Reading »
Leaving the Party
by Daniel RitchieThe Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Volume IV:Party, Parliament, and the Dividing of the Whigs, 1780–1794 edited by p. j. marshall and donald bryantoxford, 608 pages, $200 In May 1791, six months after Edmund Burke touched off a pamphlet war with Reflections on the Revolution in France, a . . . . Continue Reading »
Escaping the Narcisphere
by Chris R. MorganAny mention of “narcissism,” by this time, should cause in most thinking people a kind of Inigo Montoya reaction: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Continue Reading »
Get Thee to an Altar
by James R. RogersSo with a nod to considerations both theological and practical, my main criticism of the argument in Reno’s book, as with the religious right more generally, is not that it’s too Christian, but that it’s not Christian enough. Continue Reading »
James Stoddard's Interior Castle
by David RandallJames Stoddard ought to be famous for his Christian-fantasy Evenmere trilogy. He isn’t, unfortunately. Continue Reading »
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