Arts & Letters
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Petrarch: Rime Sparse 81
I am so wearied by the ancient weight Of my own sins, by my bad habits’ load…
Strange Gods
We promised Joshua that we would serve the god who brought us to this land. Of course...
On an Iced Handrail
Sunlight coruscates the ice and glitters, turning the chipped, green handrail to a ray of emerald only…
Sounds of Kyoto
They intensify the courtyard’s evening chill, the dragon flutes, soaring with other woodwinds through variations...
Letters
I regret that Aaron Kheriaty’s very good analysis of the desiccated landscape of bioethics (“Zombie Bioethics,” October…
The Jewish Foundations of the West: New and Notable Books
In the introduction of Jewish Roots of American Liberty, a new collection of essays and documents edited…
Where Is the Antichrist? (ft. Peter Thiel)
In this episode, Peter Thiel joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recently…
The Inkling Who Fought Abortion
Earlier this autumn, I had the opportunity to visit Oxford the day before I delivered two lectures…
Christian Heroism
The heroic dimension of faith and discipleship was prominent in the early church. In his Life of…
Why Are Divorce Memoirs Trending?
Divorce rates may be down in the U.S. from their all-time high in the 1980s (although so…
The Romanticism of Jean Raspail
One day, the French writer Jean Raspail looked out over the Mediterranean Sea and asked, “What if…
Beauty Rhymes with Death
Jan Zwicky is a Renaissance woman—a philosopher who has taught at Princeton and the University of Victoria,…
Midtown Art for a Midtown Cathedral
Last month, New York archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan unveiled a new painting for St. Patrick’s—the largest work…
Letters
I found Matthew Burdette’s analysis in “The Right to Be Killed” (August/September 2025) engaging. However, Burdette holds…
Briefly Noted
Our Lady of the Green Scapular charts a relay race of grace. The vision granted to Sr.…
