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From the archives: Pornography is not simply changing our tastes, but literally changing the way our brains think.
Scientific research has disturbing implications for building ethics on the principle of consent.
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the tingled lips,
bark smooth to fingertips
your own trunk pulsing through
with love. With coffee, too.
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It is warmth which floods you,the plane tree, peeling, new, the bud, the tingled lips,bark smooth to . . . .
Matthew Schmitz
Pope Francis’s actions regarding the death penalty and Communion for the remarried have heightened the contradictions, exposing the hermeneutic of continuity to the attacks of Lefebvrists and liberals alike.
In the 40 years or more since Wodehouse’s death, his characters have gone from strength to strength. From the print edition:
Jeeves and the King of Clubs: A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse by ben schott little, . . . .
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If Notre Dame truly finds pornography abhorrent, it should not be providing it on its own dime.
Despite student wishes, Notre Dame has refused to implement an anti-porn Wi-Fi filter.
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Jim Billington was a man in whom faith enlarged and amplified reason, while reason purified and deepened faith.
Jim Billington vastly extended the Library of Congress's reach during his tenure as librarian.
Jane Austen was interested in the public and institutional dimension of Christianity—its role as a national “teacher” of morals. From the archives:
That Austen recognized the absence and failure of the Church in combating individualism makes her a . . . .
I cut a hawthorn, stripped the outer bark
which left five shades of red to contemplate.
The first, as dark as blood, the Savior’s mark.
I cut a hawthorn, stripped the outer barkwhich left five shades of red to contemplate.The first, as . . . .
Aaron Lipkin and Daoud Nassar sow seeds of peace in the Holy Land.
The prospects for crafting a system under which both Aaron Lipkin and Daoud Nassar can see his family flourish in safety seem slim.
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One remaining prejudice—against white men—is not only tolerated but encouraged at universities. From the print edition:
Contemporary universities are doing their best to eradicate prejudice and bias. Yet one remaining . . . .
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Mark is joined by Braeden Sorbo to discuss Gen Z.
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George Weigel offers a tribute to the 13th Librarian of Congress, Jim Billington, who died in November.
Jim Billington vastly extended the Library of Congress's reach during his tenure as librarian.
Is it true—as some scholars have claimed—that “philia” was once a utilitarian calculation, and often a politically motivated one? From the archives:
Among the “first things” of life in the classical world of Greece and Rome was friendship. As . . . .
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the crumpled leaves that ride the rush
make visible a crystal underhush
that gives the movement ground.
after reading Richard Wilbur’s “Hamlen Brook” Gliding upon cascades of . . . .
In Zweig’s works the people come alive, one wants to read on, and the unpredictable never seems implausible. From the print edition:
The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 384 . . . .
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Mark and Matthew Wright chat about Wright’s new book on the latest episode of “Conversations with Mark Bauerlein.”
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Amid gloom in the Holy Land, some still sow seeds of peace.
The prospects for crafting a system under which both Aaron Lipkin and Daoud Nassar can see his family flourish in safety seem slim.
When chimpanzees escaped from the Royal zoo, the men of the city responded accordingly: with shotguns.
The residents of Royal, Nebraska, loved their zoo to death.
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In a chaotic and empty world, the fullness of life is realized by discovering the greater fullness of the divine. From the archives:
1Q84 by haruki murakami, translated by jay rubin and philip gabrielknopf, 944 pages, $30.50 Much to . . . .
From the archives: We encounter personal tragedy much less often than the Victorians did, but we talk about it all the time.
Learning lessons from Molly Hughes’s rollicking chronicles of Victorian family life.
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Family, nation, and God are not items on an à la carte menu. They form a set of coterminous super-loyalties. From the print edition:
My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son’s Search For Home by michael brendan dougherty . . . .
It is warmth which floods you,
the plane tree, peeling, new.
It is warmth which floods you,the plane tree, peeling, new, the bud, the tingled lips,bark smooth to . . . .
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New podcast: Mark chats with Matthew Wright about Wright’s new book, “A Vindication of Politics.”
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The residents of Royal, Nebraska, held their one hope for survival so tightly that they suffocated it.
The residents of Royal, Nebraska, loved their zoo to death.
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The resurrection of Jesus does not entitle us to think that the Church can never die, but only that death will not be the last word upon it. From the archives:
Future historians of Christianity may well describe the century just past as the age of ecumenism; . . . .
A Canadian father is being persecuted for “misgendering” his daughter.
A Canadian court is persecuting a father for “misgendering” his daughter.
From the archives: People who watch “Girls” and read Jane Austen are moving between incommensurable moral worlds whether they know it or not.
Alan Jacobs contrasts the moral worlds of Jane Austen . . . .
The most bitter animosities often arise within sects that have the most in common. From the archives:
The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque:Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam by sidney h. . . . .
Many of Francis’s statements can be interpreted as both orthodox and heterodox.
The fact that Pope Francis articulates his positions in an ambiguous manner makes it almost impossible to accuse him rightly of heresy.
An economy that does not value the things that matter produces a society shaped in its own image.
Social media shareholders are investing in the addiction of users.
From the archives: The Russian Church provides ideological support for the imperialist Russian state.
I joined the Russian Church late in 1989, becoming actively involved in its life soon thereafter. . . . .
“Even the greatest miracle of healing is primarily a sign of something still greater.” From the print edition:
Then, for three years, I traveled wherever Grace traveled. Wherever she went, I went, and after . . . .
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