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Defending the Christian Faith

“In 100 Tough Questions For Catholics: Common Obstacles To Faith Today… David G. Bonagura, Jr. gives bite-sized answers to dozens of big questions about the faith.”

Reason Reimagined: Ross Douthat’s Case for Belief

“…reality shows signs of intelligent design oriented to the good of human beings. Even more, the mind is uniquely capable of discovering that intelligent design. And miracles and supernatural experiences continue to occur in the modern world, even under the microscope of modern science.”

Evidence-based Answers for Life’s Great Mysteries

“…priest and philosopher Robert Spitzer tackles real questions from ordinary people about life and faith.”

Unmasking the Ideological Lie

“…Mahoney has taken on an ambitious task: a sweeping examination of the nature, history, and consequences of the ideology that permeates almost all of modern existence…”

A Landmark Tragedy

by Matthew M. Robare | May 31, 2020

Matthew M. Robare reviews a history of New York’s Original Penn Station.

Mobocracy and the Founding

by Jason Ross | May 24, 2020

Jason Ross reviews T. H. Breen’s The Will of the People

Accountancy and Authority

by Eve Tushnet | May 24, 2020

Eve Tushnet returns to David Foster Wallace’s Pale King.

Murray’s Lyric Lament

by Henry George | May 24, 2020

Henry George rereads Douglas Murray’s Strange Death of Europe.

It Will Mean What the Words Say!

by Kenneth R. Craycraft Jr | May 17, 2020

Kenneth Craycraft welcomes the new single-volume edition of the works of St. Thomas More.

Why We’re All Playing Identity Politics

by Austin Coffey | May 17, 2020

Austin Coffey reviews Ezra Klein’s explanation of contemporary polarization.

Varieties of the British Right

by James Baresel | May 17, 2020

James Baresel reviews a book on schools of inter-war British conservative thought.

Dorothy L. Sayers’s Tough Love

by Emina Melonic | May 10, 2020

Emina Melonic welcomes a bracing anthology of the writing of Dorothy L. Sayers.

The Arrogance of Blueprints

by Gerald J. Russello | May 3, 2020

A conversation with Amity Shlaes on cycles of amnesia and the effects of arrogance revealed in her critical new economic history of the 1960s.

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