Arts & Letters

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A Classical Sculptor and World War I

Mark Bauerlein

In this episode, Sabin Howard joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new work, the World War I…

Costa Maya

Catharine Savage Brosman

At Costa Maya, in the Yucatan,we walked the yellow jetty from the ship,with throngs of other visitors,…

Hope for the Organization Kid

Joshua P. Hochschild

Twenty-three years ago, David Brooks published in The Atlantic a long essay based on interviews with Princeton…

Ralston College

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stephen Blackwood joins the…

Making Men in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Jay Thomas

The gravel road wound through a valley, surrounded on all sides by mountain ridges covered in verdant…

Classical Education the Hillsdale Way

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Diener joins the…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Against Smartphones

Michael Toscano

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, appears uncowed by Big Tech. Inspired by Jonathan Haidt’s new book…

The GOP Changes Its Tune on Abortion

Jonathon Van Maren

In 2017, Kellyanne Conway took the stage at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., to…

Augustine’s Apocalypse—and Our Own

Peter J. Leithart

Composed in the aftermath of the Visigoth sack of Rome, Augustine’s City of God seems to have…

Erasing Christianity in France

Charlotte Allen

In early March, the organizing committee for the upcoming Paris Olympics released its official promotional poster, featuring…

Against Cosmic Melancholia

George Weigel

On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched from Cape Canaveral…

The Gateway Drug to Post-Christian Paganism

Carl R. Trueman

I recently revisited a book that I had not read for many years: Robert P. Ericksen’s Theologians…

Defying Our Culture’s Fear of Death

Mateusz Stróżyński

On September 10, 2023, Pope Francis beatified Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, along with their seven children. The…

What Joe Lieberman Taught Me

Jeff Ballabon

Since the recent passing of Senator Joe Lieberman, many have testified to his humanity, decency, and integrity—his…

When Ideology and Blasphemy Meet

George Weigel

In May 1993, the “World Russian People’s Council,” a “meeting place” for those “concerned about the present…