February 2019
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A Counted People
The Times of Israel recently reported that archaeologists had uncovered a “miniscule biblical stone weight” from excavations…
Bread Eternal
In the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones…
Postnatural Intelligence
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus belongs to the literature of the uncanny. But the young Mary Shelley…
From Work to Text and Back
Around 1980, those of us coming up in literary studies learned that we could no longer refer…
After Pittsburgh
One evening in the late 1960s, the students gathered in Yeshiva University’s major study hall to learn…
A Failing Papacy
The current regime in Rome will damage the Catholic Church. Pope Francis combines laxity and ruthlessness. His…
Supersessionism Hard and Soft
Supersessionism describes the theological conviction that the Christian Church has superseded the Jewish people, assuming their role…
False Feminism
As the #MeToo movement has spread from the upper echelons of Hollywood to the halls of Congress,…
God as a Gentleman
You can watch the 2018 Erasmus Lecture here. Everybody knows the Decalogue and, in particular, the commandment…
The Caudillo
Franco: Anatomy of a Dictatorby enrique moradiellosi.b.tauris, 264 pages, $30 Not long after the successful Allied landings…
Taleb the Philosopher
Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragileby nassim nicholas talebrandom house, 1,568…
Confession in America
Confession: Catholics, Repentance, and Forgiveness in Americaby patrick w. careyoxford, 392 pages, $34.95 In the 2013 Joseph…
Royal Fatalism
The Romanovs: 1613–1918by simon sebag montefiorevintage, 784 pages, $35 The Romanovs Under House Arrest: From the 1917…
Liberalism Against the Church
The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Centuryby helena rosenblattprinceton, 368 pages, $35…
Briefly Noted
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval Worldby christopher de hamel penguin, 640 pages, $45…
Office Devotions
The internet may be a gift from God,As the Pope says, a utilityWe can manipulate but not…
Lullaby
Sleep, baby, sleep, at long last bornIn Bethlehem as once foretold,To parents recently forlorn,To all who yet…
