June/July 2021
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Friendship in Truth
I have had many friends in the course of my life, but only since growing older have I…
Letters
Personhood John Finnis’s “Abortion Is Unconstitutional” (April) has already sent shockwaves through the pro-life movement and the…
On Creativity and Serving God
When it comes to creativity, some of us are of two minds. Important Jewish thinkers, including my…
Reactionary Feminism
When I was about ten, I began to notice that my father would leave the table after…
Tending the Borderlands
I shall search for a garden where I can retire, and renew my spirit during this time filled…
The Politics of Belonging
The plight of the British Labour party—which can be found today still licking its wounds from a…
Omaha
I enjoyed a very pleasant though sadly short visit to my former hometown. It was mid-April. The weather…
Régis Debray, Radical Conservative
Looking back on his time as a Cuban-trained communist revolutionary, the French writer Régis Debray recalled that…
The Cross and the Machine
“Europeans didn’t only disinherit Aztecs and Incas. Continuously, since the sixteenth century, we have been disinheriting ourselves.”—John…
Truth, Reading, Decadence
After Harold Bloom died in October 2019, E. D. Hirsch told a story from the early 1960s,…
Ambiguously Catholic
Church, Interrupted:Havoc & Hope: The Tender Revolt of Pope Francisby john cornwell chronicle prism, 304 pages, $27.95…
Atheists Against Antiracism
The Elect:Neoracists Posing as Antiracists and Their Threat to a Progressive Americaby john mcwhorter substack, $5/month Cynical…
Bonfire of the Verities
The Unbroken Thread:Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaosby sohrab ahmari convergent, 320 pages,…
Briefly Noted
Art and Faith:A Theology of Makingby makoto fujimura yale, 184 pages, $26 Fujimura’s Art and Faith meditates…
Mere Judaism
Judaism Straight Up:Why Real Religion Enduresby moshe koppel maggid books, 218 pages, $24.95 Seventy years ago, the…
On Demons
Demons:A Novel in Three Partsby fyodor dostoevsky translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky vintage, 776 pages,…
Pessimism Vindicated
Fears of a Setting Sun:The Disillusionment of America’s Foundersby dennis c. rasmussen princeton, 288 pages, $29.95 The…
Father’s Day Hieroglyph
In a wall relief at the shrine of Hathor,goddess of love and joy, Thutmose III,Napoleon of Egypt,…
List for Confession
Avarice—Quite a bit.Lust—Not so much these days.Envy—I’ve never saidMuch in a rival’s praise.Pride can be kept in…
