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G. K. Chesterton’s novel The Flying Inn begins with a strange seaside encounter involving one Misysra Ammon, a “little owlish man in a red fez, weakly waving a green gamp umbrella.”...

Joseph Ratzinger did not fade into obscurity when he retired to a life of prayer inside the Vatican walls in 2013. On the contrary, his work remains as influential as ever...

In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His most notable accomplishment to date—admittedly, he was...

On January 24, 2025, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for his role in a $250 million fraud scheme. Along with other members of the...

Here, perhaps, is the greatest problem we face these days: Everything is full. Saunter over to your favorite bar for that longed-for bone-dry martini, and the waiter will inform...

I remember wondering, one idle summer when I was a child, why God had made the world so boring. I was watching a lot of kids’ TV shows about magical worlds, which made the real one seem as dull and gray...

Trueman’s new book, The Desecration of Man, should further cement his authority. It supplements, focuses, and in some fundamental ways deepens the analysis of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self...

More than two centuries ago, Søren Kierkegaard attacked the established church of his native Denmark. He denounced it for encouraging outward “Christian” behavior rather than authentic belief. People identified...

The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7, MIT’s main entrance, waving, preaching, and flagging down passersby with all the...

When I heard the price the retired man was asking for his home, a full $80,000 over online estimates of its value, I flinched. The market is hot in our small town, but was it that good?...

The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases, and intensifying debates over speech and academic freedom have called into question...

I doubt you’ll be a simple kind of manbut listen to the song.  It’s a good plan. Cuss rarely and for maximum effect.Attention doesn’t mean you’ve won respect. In...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, materialists could feel triumphant. The four preceding centuries had yielded a rich harvest of scientific discoveries that fortified the materialist worldview, drawing...

As waiters glide across the room,espresso steams beside my bookon the small, round table.The low purl of conversations eddies around me, though most of usstare down at screens and dreamof...

Nothing terrifies more than the Noyour lover whispers through a closed door:You may die for all I care, just go!Nothing terrifies more than the Noof denial catching in your...