editorials
Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness
by J. Douglas Johnson
quodlibet
by J. Douglas Johnson
by Donald T. Williams
by Donald T. Williams
by S. M. Hutchens
by S. M. Hutchens
anno domini
March 12, 516 BC
by James M. Kushiner
April 8, 1966
by J. Douglas Johnson
columns
Mortal Remains
by S. M. Hutchens
Hear & Understand
by Christopher Hoyt
Illuminations
by Anthony Esolen
A Thousand Words
by Mary Elizabeth Podles
As It Is Written...
by Patrick Henry Reardon
features
Taylor Swift & the Subversion of Musical Arts
by R. V. Young
The Missionaries Spreading the Word to America’s Dark Corners
by Christopher Dankovich
A Faithful Church Is a Trembling Church
by Ronald Moore
Count Ugolino’s Motive for Cannibalism in Dante’s Inferno
by Philip Peckson
views
Alexander T. Riley on Negotiating the Walk Toward Our End
J. Budziszewski on a Vaccine for the Pandemic of Lunacy
Mark Carrara on How the Temptations of Jesus Expose the Gospel of Self
Benjamin Inglis on Why We Still Need Horrible & Blood-Curdling Stories
book reviews
Three Books on How Art and Liturgy Shaped Lutheran Germany
reviewed by William J. Tighe
Language in the Liturgy: Past, Present, Future by Barry Spurr
reviewed by John I. Fleming
commonplaces
departments
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