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Books for Christmas

by George Weigel

George Weigel offers book suggestions for all the readers on your Christmas gift list. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017

Work Is a Four-Letter Word

by Eve Tushnet

Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2017

Bluegrass Preaching

by C. C. Pecknold

After nearly four years of performing, The Hillbilly Thomists have released their first album, and it is a veritable feast of Bluegrass banjo bliss. Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017

The Heart of the Psalms

by Nathaniel Peters

The Psalms Experience—twelve concerts by some of the world's great choirs, performing a capella settings of all 150 psalms—was recently featured in Manhattan.  Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017

The Communist Mystique

by Dan Hitchens

Trying to really believe in Communism now would be like trying to believe in Moloch or Anubis. The willingness to give up everything, which animated previous generations of revolutionaries, has vanished. Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017

Not Rights, But Power

by Charlotte Allen

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is actually about the power of militantly liberal governments to persecute Christians.  Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017

Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere

by Wesley J. Smith

Some these days are forced to battle doctors and bioethicists in order to properly care for their loved ones. Their courage is inspiring.  Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2017

Jerusalem, Above
Our Chiefest Joy

by Ofir Haivry

By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the US has also recognized the reality that the Jewish idea is not only alive, but thriving. Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2017

Liberalism and the Wrath of the Privileged Whites

by Pete Spiliakos

White, affluent liberals should prioritize the interests of poorer, less secular Democrats, instead of maintaining their privileged position. Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2017

The War on Poverty

by Luis E. Tellez

The poverty caused by the sexual revolution is growing at alarming rates; love, along with the clear articulation of sexual morality, is the solution.  Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2017
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