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The Witness of Words

Tevi Troy

The upcoming Jewish High Holidays might not seem like a fitting time to ponder Twitter, virtue-signaling, and…

Padre Pio Saved My Life

Jayd Henricks

Last week, Bishop Robert Barron released a video interview with Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf, who recently embraced…

Enlightened Scripture?

Mark Bauerlein

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

Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen

John Duggan

The date of the final test and ultimate collapse of Catholic Ireland, at least as we knew…

Just Vengeance in The Terminal List

Caleb Symons

The following contains spoilers for The Terminal List. Amazon’s new TV series The Terminal List has critics…

Surgery is the New Sex

Justin Lee

During an early scene in Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg’s latest film, the performance artist Saul…

Miseducation of the Youth

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stanley Kurtz joins the podcast to…

Lessons from Jane Austen

Tiffany Schubert

In season two of Netflix’s wildly popular television series Bridgerton, protagonist and resident feminist Eloise Bridgerton tells…

The Privatization of the Truth

W. Joseph DeReuil

In his 1989 essay, “The Privatization of the Good,” Alasdair MacIntyre writes that a liberal society’s failure…

Elizabeth Warren, Woke Totalitarian

George Weigel

The subject line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger…

On Sleep and Dreams

John Wilson

We all have our peculiarities, some of which we prefer to conceal while choosing to broadcast others.…

The Living Branch of the Traditional Latin Mass

Christopher Ruddy

A mother’s love does not always say yes, but a mother’s love is always healing, is always…

The Lost World of Jazz

Peter Tonguette

In an age when mass gatherings more often than not suggest the social upheaval of the last…

The Church in the Immanent Frame

Brad East

Churches and the Crisis of Decline:A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Ageby andrew rootbaker academic, 320 pages,…

Philosophy Perfected by Christ

Robert P. Imbelli

The Unchanging Truth of God?Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theologyby thomas g. guarinocua, 264 pages, $34.95 Monsignor Thomas…