Paul Baumann

"On many days I wish I liked Catholics more, and I guess I wish my fellow Catholics had liked me more."

President Trump’s supporters have offered some implausible scenarios on the likely outcome of his war with Iran—as well as some wild justifications for it.

John Updike's writing attempted to capture what is ineffably precious and intangible about life. What will be lost if the culture forgets him?

I was initially certain the Church’s refusal to ordain women was an archaic bit of chauvinism. But now I'm no longer certain that is the real issue.

Donald Trump bears an uncanny resemblance to Rex Mottram, the businessman and opportunistic British politician in Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited.’