What’s in a Word?

by Mark Bauerlein

Phillip Donnelly joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Lost Seeds of Learning. Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2023

A Cloak of Fiction

by Trevor Cribben Merrill

Flannery O’Connor argued that the separation of matter and spirit, nature and grace, was fatal to the art of fiction, which requires an interest in characters, stories, and concrete details rather than problems, issues, and abstract statements. Novel-­writing, she insisted, is “so very much an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2022

Great Art Can Be Propaganda

by Kyle Smith

Political messaging can make for bad art—but also for masterpieces. Continue Reading »

21 Feb 2022

Letters

by Various

In “Professors as Propagandists” (April), Alexander Riley systematically misrepresents my 2018 book, How Fascism Works. If this were my only objection, I would not be writing this letter. There is a substantial moral and political disagreement brought out by his piece. I would be remiss to . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

Professors as Propagandists

by Alexander Riley

Imagine that you recently discovered a book titled How Cancer Works, written by a respected professor from a prominent university. He promises to explain the disease and tell you how to avoid getting it. You would doubtless be interested. Cancer is, after all, an awful thing. With enthusiasm, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

The Cooler Cold War

by George Weigel

Unlike his predecessors, Putin’s propaganda is designed not to promote Russia, but demoralize The West. Continue Reading »

19 Jul 2017