Lorenzo Monaco, Nativity, ca. 1406–10 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Christmas Critics

A Year of Reading in Review

By The Editors

December 25, 2018

Article

Gossip & Insight

Edmund White knew that writers were most compelling when exploring a subject they were of two minds about: when they could see it from one angle, then another.

December 15, 2018

Article

War, Commentary, Shipwrecks

A carefully selected trio of diaries and diary-like works

November 19, 2018

Article

Making Room for Something New

What does it mean to be receptive to the wild and divine?

November 19, 2018

Article

There & Back Again

A collection of stocking stuffers for a commuter you love

December 8, 2018

Article

Beyond the Bright Lights

In spite of all the ambition and selfishness that New York supposedly represents, I’ve found that the city’s density has encouraged me to forget myself.

December 28, 2018

Article

Joy to the World

December can also offer a radical break with the hustle and bustle. Advent promises a fuller sense of time.

December 1, 2018

Must Reads

Politics

The Politics of Humor

Throughout the history of European thought, humor has always had an unruly, utopian impulse: one that transcended class and threatened to upend the social order.

By Terry Eagleton

May 6, 2019

Religion

A Thing That Should Not Be

Despite his full, long life, the death of Jean Vanier is still sad. And as Christians, we must not skip grief nor automatically reach for a happy narrative.

By David Mills

May 9, 2019

Culture

In Tech We Trust?

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood are an unlikely group of Amazon shareholders, but they’re forcing a vote on the company’s facial recognition software.

By Regina Munch

May 9, 2019