A Detective's Case for Christ
by Mark BauerleinJ. Warner Wallace joins the podcast to discuss his book, Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—November 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »
The Witness of the Mafia Martyrs
by Raymond J. de SouzaTogether the mafia martyrs lived out the true mission of baptism and confirmation; they honored their sacraments, rather than corrupting them. Continue Reading »
Storyteller Extraordinaire
by John WilsonConnelly’s novels make up one vast saga of crime and punishment, bureaucracy and domesticity, friendship and enmity. Continue Reading »
Historian of the Present
by John WilsonMichael Connelly is a historian of the present, telling us what is “happening” with immediacy and imaginative depth through his crime novels. Continue Reading »
The Point of Gosnell
by Charlotte AllenThe pro-choice media and entertainment industry seem to have conspired to make certain that as few people as possible ever see the film Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer. Continue Reading »
He Stands Apart
by Mark BauerleinThe Ross Macdonald Collection: 11 Classic Lew Archer Novelsby ross macdonaldedited by tom nolanlibrary of america, 3 volumes, 2618 pages, $112.50 Near the end of Find a Victim, Ross Macdonald’s 1954 novel of murder and hijacking in a small California town, private eye Lew Archer suggests to . . . . Continue Reading »
Historical Ignorance, Moral Arrogance
by Marc BarnesMy generation tends to think of itself as the first generation to be moral, tolerant, decent, and good. We abhor racism, sexism, nationalism, and homophobia, crimes we set at the center of past societies—all of them. We have avoided the bloody vices of slavery, torture, pillaging, religious . . . . Continue Reading »
Against Capital Punishment
by Paul J. GriffithsThe Death Penalty, Volume Iby jacques derridatranslated by peggy kamufuniversity of chicago, 312 pages, $38 The Death Penalty, Volume IIby jacques derridatranslated by elizabeth rottenberguniversity of chicago, 304 pages, $45 Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishmentby carol s. . . . . Continue Reading »
Searching for Ted Kaczynski
by Elliot MilcoManhunt: Unabomber revisits the story of Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist who waged a decades-long bombing campaign from a one-room cabin in Montana. Continue Reading »
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