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Missing the Fight on Christmas Day

Roy Peachey

As my time as an undergraduate drew to a close, I felt an overwhelming need to experience what I thought of as the real world. I exchanged Oxfordโ€™s ivory...

Fishing for Koi with an Afghan Veteran

Roy Peachey

Throwing my bags into the car, I waved my wife and children a hasty goodbye and then reversed out of the drive, automatically turning on the radio as I...

When the Radio Breaks

Roy Peachey

Signals: New and Collected Storiesby tim gautreauxknopf, 384 pages, $26.95 For many years Tim Gautreaux has written about fateful journeys. In this new collection, he writes about the signals...

The Troubling Legacy of Shลซsaku Endลโ€™s Silence

Roy Peachey

Shลซsaku Endลโ€™s Silence is now widely regarded as a modern classic. The initial reaction of Japanese Catholics, however, was largely hostile. The Bishop of Nagasaki ordered his flock not...