William Doino Jr. reviews Rod Dreher’s The Little Way of Ruthie Leming : For all its idiosyncrasies and hardships, St. Francisville was a place where many people are born and die in the same place, alongside the same folks they grew up with. Those kind of social bonds, broad and deep, are . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Leithart reviews Ephraim Radner’s A Brutal Unity : Radner traces the murderous divisiveness of Christianity back to Epiphanius fourth-century treatise Refutation of all Heresies. The Epiphanian paradigm treats intra-Christian discord as apostasy and . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel reviews the newest baseball movie : Now comes 42 , the long-awaited cinematic telling of the Jackie Robinson story, which I recently saw on a snowy April Sunday afternoon in the Twin Cities. I wouldnt call it a great movie (like, for example, The Kings Speech . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the idea of American Catholicism : Russell Shaw argues that the present struggles of the Church to be who she is amid governmental mandates and the ascendant state religion of secular humanism are the legacy of Baltimores Cardinal James Gibbons and other early . . . . Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno on the triumph and the downsides of capitalism : The history of modern politics shows again and again that we can exercise political power to ameliorate and mitigate the social consequences of free market capitalism. This can only be done by limiting its powering motor, which is economic . . . . Continue Reading »
Micah Mattix analyzes the line She sang beyond the genius of the sea : Wallace Stevens was preoccupied with the sound of poetry, evident in part in the alliteration and assonance of this weeks line from The Idea of Order at Key West. In his 1936 essay The . . . . Continue Reading »
Pete Spiliakos suggests a new agenda for right-leaning super PACs : Explain how conservative ideas could work to cut taxes on working families while encouraging investment. Explain the radicalism of the Democratic partys abortion agenda, defend the humanity of the late-term . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel suggests reforming the College of Cardinals : As configured on February 28 (when Benedict XVIs abdication took effect), the College was a somewhat strange electorate, albeit one that produced a striking result. Almost 20 percent of its members were retired. Only eight . . . . Continue Reading »
James R. Rogers enumerates the costs and benefits of economic globalization : The source of increasing inequality in the U.S. also can be a source of decreasing inequality in less-developed countries as workers earn more and capital earns less. This complicates the morality of policies that seek to . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. profiles basketball scout Tom Konchalski : Faith and athletics, Konchalski says, both encourage discipline, sacrifice, and the pursuit of excellence. Both draw clear boundaries, and those who act selfishly and transgress settled rules suffer the consequences. And no . . . . Continue Reading »
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