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Articles
On War and Apocalypse
by Rene Girard
Empathy & Apathy
by Hadley Arkes
What Marriage Is—And What It Isn't
by Robert P. George
The Rule of Law and the Wealth of Nations
by Reuven Brenner
Hast Thou Considered My Servant Faust?
by David P. Goldman
Death in Naples
by Michael A. Ledeen
Opinion
Her Choice, Her Problem
How Abortion Empowers Men
by Richard Stith
Intolerant Tolerance
by George Cardinal Pell
Sisters & Daughters
by Robert S. Miola
The Public Square
A Room With a View
by Joseph Bottum
Reviews
Morningâs Minion
by Amanda Shaw
The Beginning of Wisdom
by Shalom Carmy
Pedantic Park
by Alan Jacobs
Dhimmitude Deferred
by Jean Duchesne
Shades of Infallibility
by Edward T. Oakes
The Face of Civilization
by Paul J. Griffiths
Briefly Noted 236
by Various
Poetry
If All Is Relative
by N. E. Dunkle
The Return of the Golden Age
by Amit Majmudar
Letters
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by Various
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