Mourning Kobe

by Peter J. Leithart

I was stunned to sadness Sunday afternoon when my daughter told us Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter accident. Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2020 0

On Behalf of Ireland’s Unborn

by John Waters

The idea that it is possible for pro-life politicians to sideline abortion in favor of “bread-and-butter issues” has no moral basis. Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2020 0

Yale Loses an Inspiration

by Mark Bauerlein

Yale’s “Introduction to Art History,” a longstanding course in a Western Civ tradition, has undergone a diversity revision. Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2020 0

Justify the Ways of Eve

by Veronica Clarke

A review of Tom Dulack’s Paradise Lost, playing now in New York.  Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2020 0

Love, Fear, and Fleabag

by Dan Hitchens

Fleabag is not a nice Catholic show. In many ways it’s grotesque. But one privilege of well-made art is the ability to tell the truth by mistake. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2020 0

Man and Metropolis

by John Wilson

Cities invite hubris—not only outsized political ambitions but also intellectual ambitions.  Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2020 0

Canon Law and Catholic Common Sense

by Edward Peters

The news that a Catholic parish in Virginia planned to host the consecration of an Episcopalian bishop—a woman—sparked backlash.  Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2020 0

The Smallest of Crosses

by John Waters

A Hidden Life’s themes are timely for a world unable to differentiate between the nature of tyranny and the nature of different contemporary movements. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2020 0

My Ten (Or So) Favorite Cultural Critics

by Bruce Riley Ashford

A list of some of the most perceptive cultural critics of the last two centuries. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2020 0

Before the 2020 Presidentiad Begins in Earnest . . .

by George Weigel

Effective leadership at the highest political level demands not only wit and wisdom but dramatic craft that rises above demagogy.  Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2020 0