Book review

A Year of Reading: 2021

John Wilson recaps his year in reading, chronicling the books that stand out the most. Continue Reading »

3 Dec 2021

Tucker Carlson, Class Traitor

In his thirty-year journalistic career, Tucker Carlson hasn’t changed. But his industry has—beyond recognition. Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2021

The Heart of the Good Life

by George Cardinal Pell

Democracy and religious freedom can only be defended by determined citizens who recognize the issues and have the political will to act. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2021

Serial Thinking

by John Wilson

A series appeals to us in part because it combines, in an artful and concentrated way, the combination of the predictable and the unpredictable at the very heart of our lives. Continue Reading »

22 Oct 2021

Andrew Sullivan’s Facts

by Philip Jeffery

The journalist has treated empiricism as the highest political virtue. But what about idealism and love?
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13 Oct 2021

We Are All Double Agents

by John Wilson

In a very real sense, we are all double or triple agents—such are the consequences of the Fall—and it is this condition that gives the best “spy fiction” such resonance. Continue Reading »

8 Oct 2021

What We’ve Been Reading—September 2021

by Editors

Our editors reflect on the future of American foreign policy, the Counter-Reformation, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and the work of Sergij Bulgakov. Continue Reading »

23 Sep 2021