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September 10, 2025

Whose Body? Whose Self?

In Dorothy Sayers’s 1923 whodunit, Whose Body?, an unidentified dead body, naked but for a pince-nez, is mysteriously dropped off in the bathtub of a perfectly ordinary, respectable home. Who is Mr. Continue Reading...
September 04, 2025

Why a Swift Proposal May Not Mean More Marriages

Taylor Swift’s long-anticipated engagement to Travis Kelce has predictably dominated the recent news cycle. Wedding bells have been ringing in editorial rooms ever since the two started dating in 2023, so when Kelce finally proposed, photos of the Kansas City Chief All-Pro embracing the pop star jumped from screen to screen, prompting a myriad of think pieces. Continue Reading...
September 02, 2025

VJ Day: Duty, Sacrifice … and the Bomb

Throughout freshman year at the Air Force Academy, my classmates and I were compelled to carry something that proved to be as ubiquitous as smartphones in the hands of today’s college students: a 192-page blue book entitled Contrails. Continue Reading...
September 01, 2025

Commemorating Christian Labor

The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States and Canada, commemorating the contributions of organized labor to improved working conditions. The common story of Labor Day is typically secular: To fight for higher wages, safer workplaces, and shorter workweeks, workers formed unions to bargain collectively or, if necessary, to strike. Continue Reading...
August 29, 2025

Hurricane Katrina and the Disaster of Rule by Paperocracy

The saga of Hurricane Katrina began 20 years ago, on August 29, 2005, when Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco examined weather forecasts concerning a tropical storm that had assaulted south Florida but that was now a Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and declared a state of emergency for all Louisiana. Continue Reading...
August 28, 2025

An Interview with Ryszard Legutko

Professor Ryszard Legutko is a Polish philosopher, political thinker, and former Minister of Education. He is a professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a former MEP representing Poland’s conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party. Continue Reading...