The Art of Book Collecting

by Steve Ayers

Book collecting in itself is a good thing. It’s not about mere accumulation, but the disciplines of taste, technique, and study. Continue Reading »

25 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

Julia Yost on Trauma

by R. R. Reno

Julia Yost joins editor R. R. Reno to talk about how the language of trauma has infected our public conversation. Continue Reading »

20 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

More Teachings of Don John

by John Wilson

A series of musings and reflections from John Wilson. Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2021

The Mighty Pen of Father Paul Mankowski, S.J.

by George Weigel

One of the brightest spirits and noblest sons of the Catholic Church in America, Mankowski's sentences sparkled as well as instructed. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2021

A Critical Theorist Worth Reading

by Carl R. Trueman

Hartmut Rosa is a thinker for an age of technological change and widespread frustration.
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7 Sep 2021

Of Rectors and Vicars

by John Wilson

We don’t really know where we are in the unfolding of God’s great design. But like our medieval brothers and sisters, we do know where to place our ultimate hope and our trust. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2021

Detective’s Best Friend

by John Wilson

Rereading books can shed a new light on old thoughts, remind us of signature lines. Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2021