Editors

John Cleese on Monty Python and the State of Comedy
Alexandra Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal

In Defense of Homer
Kate Havard, The Washington Free Beacon

The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism
Adrian Chen, The Nation

The Museum
Yves Bonnefoy, The Poetry Foundation

Wonder and the Ends of Inquiry
Lorraine Daston, The Point

Literary Fight Clubs
Elaine Showalter, Prospect Magazine

Distributism Isn’t Outdated
James Mumford, The American Conservative

St. Aelred of Rievaulx’s Spiritual Friendship has been getting a lot of attention recently, and justifiably so. Friendship—close, intimate friendship—always deserves our time and attention. A few things stood out to me as I read this short treatise.First, Aelred’s insistence that friendship is eternal: “Friendship is indeed everlasting. Hence a friend loves always.” Friendship’s aim extends beyond this world to heaven, for “the true and eternal friendship that begins here is perfected there.” Continue Reading »

Liberty and the Environment
Ronald Bailey, The New Atlantis

Reason and the Republic of Opinion
Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic

Interstellar Isn’t About Religion (and Also It Is Totally About Religion)
Megan Garber, The Atlantic

How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No.1?
Keith Gessen, Vanity Fair

The Rise of Christianity in China
Jasmil Anderlini, Financial Times Magazine

How Numbers on Facebook Change Behavior
Shirley Li, The Atlantic

Are Democrats Losing the Youth Vote?
Mark Bauerlein, The New York Times

The Sacred Project of American Society
Cole Carnesecca, Fare Forward

Clearing the Air
Steven F. Hayward, The Weekly Standard

Good Ol’ Future Boys: Interstellar and Sci-Fi’s Obsession with Americana
Phil Hoad, The Guardian

Technocracy Versus the Great Books
Peter Lawler, The Federalist

The Perks, Pitfalls, and Paradoxes of Amazon Publishing
Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly

The Museum
Yves Bonnefoy, Poetry Magazine

The Soldier Poets
Sean O’Brien, The Times Literary Supplement

Nakedness in a Digital Age
Richard Rodriguez, T Magazine

The Zimzum of Love
Jason Hood, Books & Culture

Making Chastity Fun. Really.
Laura Vanderkam, The Wall Street Journal

Reading Don Quixote sounds like a daunting proposition. The book is, after all, both very long and an undisputed “classic.” That it has gained such an intimidating reputation seems like yet another of the book’s inexhaustible jokes, for reading it is much less like sitting down to watch Andrei Rublev than finding oneself pulled into an Arrested Development Netflix binge. Both take time, but only one is a chore. Continue Reading »

The Great War and the Future of Progress
Wilfred M. McClay, The Hedgehog Review

Stunning Installation of 888,246 Ceramic Poppies Honors Lives Lost in WWI
Alice Yoo, My Modern Met

Justin Trudeau and the Doctrine of Double Truth
Douglas Farrow

Suppose You Have a Kid Who Tells You He Is Gay
David Mills, Patheos