A Divine Comedy We Can Feel in the Pulse
by Jason M. BaxterWe need to realize that Dante is constantly code-switching from a classical in-the-head way of speaking to one that is more in-the-blood and in-the-nerves. Continue Reading »
O Light Exalted
by Robert RoyalDante’s understanding of the heavens—as spheres rotating around the Earth—has been out of date astronomically for nearly half a millennium. Dante’s political world consisted of a score of perpetually warring Italian city states and a few greedy, scheming popes. His intellectual . . . . Continue Reading »
Events Roundup—9.13.21
by EditorsEvents happening over the coming months that may interest our readers. Continue Reading »
Transforming Quarantine Into Retreat
by George WeigelHere are some resources that can help redeem the rest of Lent and the upcoming Easter season. Continue Reading »
Hope As a Natural Virtue
by Peter J. LeithartWe embark on the road of sanity only when we walk in hope; hope is the source of natural virtue. Continue Reading »
An Irish Dante
by Moriah SpecialeThe Five Quintets by micheal o’siadhail baylor, 381 pages, $34.95 Sartre famously wrote that “hell is other people,” but for the poet Micheal O’Siadhail, hell is a highly specific group of other people. Among the damned are Franz Kafka, Karl Marx, and—you guessed it—a certain . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Rosica, Fraud
by Joshua P. HochschildPlagiarism isn’t a violated property claim, but false representation: It is fraud. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by VariousInside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writings by louis w. karlin and david r. oakley scepter, 130 pages, $11.95 This little volume by Louis Karlin and David Oakley uses Thomas More’s own writings to demonstrate the nature of his witness to the truth. The authors gently . . . . Continue Reading »
Hell Yes
by Peter J. LeithartPope Francis allegedly declared recently that there is no such thing as Hell—only the annihilation of souls. Continue Reading »
Prisoners Are Not Animals
by Alexi SargeantIt’s popular to pretend condemned criminals like Larry Nassar are animals or monsters, not human beings; but Christians do not have that luxury. Continue Reading »
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