The Poets' Favorite Season
by Dan HitchensIf autumn is the poets’ favorite season, it is because autumn catches us in between, regretting and hoping, seeing the seed fall and imagining its growth. Continue Reading »
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Martin Scorsese's Damned Men Walking
by John WatersMartin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a meditation on the notion of culpability carried without the possibility of absolution.
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Hope As a Natural Virtue
by Peter J. LeithartWe embark on the road of sanity only when we walk in hope; hope is the source of natural virtue. Continue Reading »
Chick-fil-A Chickens Out
by Jake MeadorChick-fil-A will cease charitable giving to the Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, two organizations that progressives have attacked for not affirming LGBTQ+ individuals. Continue Reading »
The Armenian Genocide Today
by Mark MovsesianSenator Lindsey Graham’s vote to block the Armenian Genocide resolution will only embolden Turkey and threaten the region’s Christians even more. Continue Reading »
Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?
by George WeigelGerman foreign minister Heiko Maas's essay on the fall of the Berlin Wall failed to mention the pivotal figure in the Revolution of 1989: Pope St. John Paul II. Continue Reading »
Joker and Our Crisis of Solidarity
by Sohrab AhmariWhen healthy, reasonable sources of solidarity and communion are allowed to wither and die, unhealthy, unreasonable versions gather strength. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis and the American Bishops
by Philip LawlerArchbishop Charles Chaput rose to decry any suggestion that the American bishops are at odds with Pope Francis at last week’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Continue Reading »
Promise and Peril for Pro-Life Democrats
by John MurdockThe key to Edwards’s reelection—his pro-life beliefs—is seen as a poison pill by most Democratic elites. Continue Reading »
Why John Bel Edwards Wins
by Charles C. CamosyJohn Bel Edwards’s traditional values reflect both his deep commitment to Catholicism and the views of Louisiana voters—especially Democratic voters of color. Continue Reading »
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