Truman's Terrible Choice, 75 Years Ago

by George Weigel

Truman authorized the use of the atomic bombs thinking, rightly, that doing so would save American and Japanese lives by shocking Japan into surrender.  Continue Reading »

30 Sep 2020

Briefly Noted

by Various

In September 1944, Helmuth von Moltke sat in Berlin’s Tegel prison, awaiting execution. The Nazis had arrested him for organizing the ­Kreisau Circle, a resistance group formed to plan a more democratic future Germany. Helmuth’s death drew near, yet, as his wife Freya wrote to him, “The best . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Auschwitz and “Intrinsic Evil”

by George Weigel

The lethal reality of what happened at Auschwitz-Birkenau stands in contradiction to the claim that there are no “intrinsically evil acts.” Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2020

Failed Leaders

by R. R. Reno

Suicides among Americans aged ten to twenty-four increased by more than 50 percent between 2007 and 2017. The suicide rate for all ages rose by nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2016. This is not an isolated trend. Life expectancy in the United States is falling, a shocking trend for a rich . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2019

The Dogmatic Principle

by R. R. Reno

Last month I made a pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Church, the university church at Oxford, when I was visiting that ancient city of dreaming spires. Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer were tried and convicted there for Protestant heresy. But I did not have those men in mind. It was from the pulpit of St. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

Hitler the Progressive

by Peter Hitchens

The left wrongly associates the Hitler period with the political and moral right. Continue Reading »

16 Sep 2019

The Polish Heroes of World War II

by Filip Mazurczak

Poland’s role in resisting Nazism must be made known. Continue Reading »

29 Aug 2019

Heroism and Priesthood, Dachau and Amazonia

by George Weigel

The story of Blessed Karl Leisner is an inspiration to all priests.  Continue Reading »

14 Aug 2019

Herman Wouk, Storyteller

by George Weigel

A devout Jewish writer faced the horrors of war in his work. Continue Reading »

10 Jul 2019

Carry On, Plum

by Richard Rex

Jeeves and the King of Clubs:  A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse by ben schott little, brown, 320 pages, $27 Jeeves and the Wedding Bells:  An Homage to P.G. Wodehouse by sebastian faulks st. martin’s, 256 pages, $25.99 Aunts, Comrades, Gentlemen . . . According to Hilaire Belloc, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2019