Perhaps only a few potential readers are interested enough in an essay titled “The Continuing Relevance of the Donatist Controversy” to begin reading it immediately (or ever). Others may be pleased to learn that only gradually will we make our way to thinking about the controversy that troubled . . . . Continue Reading »
Save us, O Holy Cross. Signpost of the times,Gnomon of the age,Axes of creation,Save us, O Holy Cross. Mast of a drifting planet,Plumb line of a crooked world,Knife of Caesar sectioning the globe,Downspout of the blood that waters the earth,Save us, O Holy Cross. Caltrop of the four . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter: you doubt, you sink. Your waveringPetrifies. Remember even the heavingSea keeps faith with those that keep believing.Rock they call you, but a real stoneSinks for having solid bulk and weight.You, you’re weighed down by levity. You aloneSink not because you’re heavy, but too light. . . . . Continue Reading »
Dana Gioia has had an unusual and distinguished career as a poet, an executive with General Foods, and Chairman of the National Endowments for the Arts. In Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life, he describes mainly his early years as a prospective writer. The emphasis, . . . . Continue Reading »
“But are they sad?” I overheard her say.No more than fiveUp North with mum for the August bank holiday.I saw what she meant. They hardly seemed aliveCompared with, overhead, the flock of geeseThat flew with everything they had toward FranceOr Spain. All of a sudden, all eyes went skyward.But . . . . Continue Reading »
April 2, the eighteenth anniversary of John Paul II’s death, was a cold, rainy day in Poland. Yet upwards of 50,000 Poles descended upon Warsaw in a march defending St. John Paul II against slander. Continue Reading »
At heart, Somerville, Massachusetts, a self-declared haven for polyamorous people, is a community for people who reject community. Continue Reading »
John Staddon joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Science in an Age of Unreason. Continue Reading »
Lance Izumi joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders Are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America's Schools. Continue Reading »
Mark Moyar joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968. Continue Reading »
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