From Saad to Glad
by Mark BauerleinGad Saad joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Living the Good Life. Continue Reading »
Love Stronger Than Death
by Peter J. LeithartHere is the hope of the gospel: There is a love stronger than death, a love more jealously possessive than the grave. Continue Reading »
Dancing in the City
by Elizabeth BachmannBeyond the social benefits, swing dancing heals something in us metaphysically. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—September 2020
by EditorsThoughts on E. D. Hirsch, Michael Pollan, and Elena Ferrante from the editors. Continue Reading »
The Burdensome Myth of Romantic Love
by David C. Dollahite and Betsy VanDenBergheAs people abandon religious institutions, they start expecting romantic relationships to satisfy their yearnings for transcendence. Continue Reading »
The Lady, Or the Lobster?
by Eve TushnetA new romantic comedy brutally satirizes our dictatorship of eros.
Swiping for Soul Mates
by Julia ShawPrevious generations of Americans married the boy or girl next door—literally. According to one study from 1932, one-third of married couples grew up within five blocks of each other. But things have changed. Now, boy and girl are matched by an app; boy texts girl. Girl schedules a meeting. Or she . . . . Continue Reading »
I Am No Lazy Lover
by Richard Novak, C.S.C.I am no lazy lover with sweeping grandeurs of small talk. Words, you discover are passing; love endures. Proffered is no measured length of the potential soul. Rather, influence of strength, corner-stone, cemented whole. The senses know the form and smile and eyes of love, but the lover’s norm is . . . . Continue Reading »
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