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by Forfare Davis

The inaugural post of Pseudoplotinus, aka Forfare Davis Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2014

For Our Midwest Readers: The Edith Stein Project at Notre Dame

by Sandra Laguerta

The Edith Stein Project of the University of Notre Dame is an annual conference that seeks to articulate the authentic meaning of human dignity and sexuality. This year’s conference is on “Relationships and the Call to Love” and it’s keynote address will be given by Alasdair MacIntyre on “Edith Stein on Empathy.” Continue Reading »

3 Feb 2014

The John Paul II difference in 1989

by George Weigel

Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1989, a joint statement from the communist government of Poland, the Solidarity trade union, and the Catholic Church announced a national “Roundtable” to discuss the country’s future, including major structural issues of political and economic . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2014

Pete Seeger: The Communist Consumers Loved

by Lauren Weiner

During the 1950s and 1960s, when Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds coaxed classrooms full of kids to join them in the singing of folk songs, no one paid much attention, not even those who, in the middle of the Cold War, saw America’s “singing left” as a threat to the republic. . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2014

Queen Latifah’s Grammy Mass Wedding

by Carl R. Trueman

At the Grammys last night Queen Latifah officiated a mass wedding ceremony—with some couples heterosexual, some gay—followed by a surprise song from Madonna. Was it satire? I am a big fan of satirical mockery, even satirical mockery of important things such as marriage. Such satire . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2014

New Year’s Habits

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

New Year’s Resolutions tend to focus on new skills and habits to acquire. This is the year you’ll finally go to the gym or start taking lessons to brush up on your French or learn computer programming. But as the year begins, it can be salutary to think about what you already spend time practicing and if there are ‘lessons’ you’d like to drop. . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2014

Briefly Noted

by Various

Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters by amy andrews and jessica mesman griffith loyola, 324 pages, $14.95Over the course of three years, Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith wrote each other what were, for a while, daily letters. This regular exchange began as a Lenten . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2014

The End Is Near

by Robert W. Crawford

The last few monks retreat in monasteries, the vigilant in town consult well-thumbed survival guides, and all the caged canaries left in the mines have recently . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2014

Quebec

by Mark Amorose

The tourists traipse; the sights go by, a blur of cramped and cobbled streets where faux cafés and sellers of souvenirs administer the sacraments of our despairing . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2014

The Coventry Carol

by Al Basile

Driving on the Solstice, tuning in to Public Radio, I heard a voice, legitimately trained, a little thin, but earnest; the soprano’s every . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2014