Article The Only Way Forward The Respect for Marriage Act is an important compromise between protections for same-sex couples and for religious institutions. By Douglas Laycock November 29, 2022 LGBTQ issues Bishops U.S. Catholicism
Article Just Call It Fascism The thinly veiled fascism of Russian “philosopher” Alexander Dugin has attracted right-wing attention and admiration. By Matt McManus November 27, 2022 Russia Philosophy War and Peace
Article Awake From Sleep Two months after contracting Covid, the brain fog refuses to lift. The first Sunday of Advent’s readings call me to pray for wakefulness and clarity. By Claudia Avila Cosnahan November 26, 2022 Spirituality Advent Coronavirus
Article Careening Toward Disaster In ‘Tár,’ Cate Blanchett displays a capacity for jagged intensity that is by turns commanding and disturbed. By Rand Richards Cooper November 25, 2022 Movies Arts
Article ‘Too Big to Compete With’ Corporate executives are artificially hiking prices and bringing in windfall profits. It’s time to break up the consolidated economic power of our “new gilded age.” By The Editors November 24, 2022 Politics Joe Biden Economy Editorial
Which Latino Voter? On this episode, political analyst Eli Valentin debunks myths about a voting bloc and discusses the potential of a new ‘pastoral politics.’ Politics Theology
Article Poem | Idiom “Mary didn’t merely bring Him forth / in winter words and murk of night, / but idiom as bright as birth: / She gave Him to the light.” By Deborah Warren November 21, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | Snow Globe “Icicles bloom / from failing gutters. If you peer close / a woman wanders from room to room” By Judith Skillman November 21, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | My Thursday Truth “My Thursday truth hides in a mist of overtones” By Roy Nathanson November 21, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | New Year’s Eve “Nor is it just / a luxury, this taste for delicacies, this / indulgence in beauty for its own sake” By David Lehman November 21, 2022 Poetry