Books

Coming Attractions for 2020

A list of recommended books to look out for in the coming year. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2019

All About Evangelicals

What struck me on this encounter with G. K. Chesterton’s The Innocence of Father Brown is how often in these stories “evangelical” is used as a term of scorn. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

Converting Modernity

by Mark Bauerlein

In this episode, George Weigel discusses his latest book, The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform. Continue Reading »

21 Oct 2019

Why You Should Read Peter Handke

by John Wilson

A Peter Handke reading list. Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2019

Houellebecq and the Death of Europe

by John Waters

Michel Houellebecq books are documents of an internal forensics of human decline that happen to take the form of stories. Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2019

Historical Clarity and Today’s Catholic Contentions

by George Weigel

Contrary to both traditionalist and progressive misconceptions, Catholicism was not a placid institution, free of controversy and contention, prior to Vatican II. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2019

American Breakdown

by Mark Bauerlein

David Bromwich discusses his book American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us. Continue Reading »

15 Oct 2019

A Christian and a Democrat gets off to an inauspicious start, with a foreword by former FBI director James Comey denouncing President Trump and his evangelical supporters. Comey, of course, mismanaged a spurious investigation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and was later fired for cause . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2019