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To Wonder at Not Wondering: A review of G.K. Chestertonโ€™s Magic

Deirdre M. Lawler

What do you get when a self-assured doctor, an uneasy clergyman, a doddering duke, a progressive youth, a businesslike secretary, and an impressionable maiden are confronted with a conjurer...

The Art of Karen Laub-Novak

Deirdre M. Lawler

Last week I was introduced to the work of the late Karen Laub-Novak (1938โ€œ2009) , on exhibit at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. Only vaguely...