Science with a Capital “S”
by John WilsonTalking about “the future” quite naturally involves talking about “the past.” Continue Reading »
Everyday Depravities
by Peter J. LeithartThe common, everyday, petty baseness of people is far more frightening than the most horrific fictional characters. Continue Reading »
Sacred Order in Social Order
by Bruce Riley AshfordIf We the People can recognize and respect the sacred order woven into creation’s design and into each human being, our democratic republic can flourish. Continue Reading »
Brian Moore at 100
by John WilsonThere are so many books that are not “great,” but are still worth saving from oblivion, at least for the moment. Brian Moore’s work falls into this category. Continue Reading »
A Year of Reading: 2021
by John WilsonJohn Wilson recaps his year in reading, chronicling the books that stand out the most. Continue Reading »
Tucker Carlson, Class Traitor
by Wilfred M. McClayIn his thirty-year journalistic career, Tucker Carlson hasn’t changed. But his industry has—beyond recognition. Continue Reading »
The Heart of the Good Life
by George Cardinal PellDemocracy and religious freedom can only be defended by determined citizens who recognize the issues and have the political will to act. Continue Reading »
Serial Thinking
by John WilsonA series appeals to us in part because it combines, in an artful and concentrated way, the combination of the predictable and the unpredictable at the very heart of our lives. Continue Reading »
Andrew Sullivan’s Facts
by Philip JefferyThe journalist has treated empiricism as the highest political virtue. But what about idealism and love?
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We Are All Double Agents
by John WilsonIn a very real sense, we are all double or triple agents—such are the consequences of the Fall—and it is this condition that gives the best “spy fiction” such resonance. Continue Reading »
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