Books

In For the Long Haul

A reader has a special relationship with a living writer whose books he or she has been reading as they appeared over the years. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2018

Air Turbulence and the Resurrection

by George Weigel

For all the challenges it faces, the Church in the U.S. is in far better condition to withstand the turbulence of the moment than it was forty years ago. Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2018

Recompense For a Serious Mistake

by George Weigel

Why not use some of that leftover Christmas money to buy a book by Leon Kass? Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2018

Books for Christmas

by George Weigel

George Weigel offers book suggestions for all the readers on your Christmas gift list. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017

Work Is a Four-Letter Word

by Eve Tushnet

Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017

“You Have to Decide.”

by George Weigel

Helping his young friends to see the good and choose it as a matter of habit—growth in virtue—was Karol Wojtyła's pastoral method. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2017

Rambling Shambling Brian Doyle

by Matthew Hennessey

If Brian Doyle's style was unconventional, it was also unique and it was also good, which is the main thing. Continue Reading »

6 Nov 2017

Exit Neoliberalism

by Jude Russo

In 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 »

2 Nov 2017