Magazine

September 12, 2014

v.141 n.14

Article

Farmer, Anarchist, Catholic

Tom Cornell has been a part of the Catholic Worker movement for more than sixty years. He started in 1953 when he was nineteen years old.

September 1, 2014

Article

As We Lie Dying

Most of us remain woefully unprepared for life’s final transition. One way of addressing this problem is the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment paradigm.

By Gerald Coleman and Margaret R. McLean

September 1, 2014

Article

Mad Jack

In her biography of Siegfried Sassoon, Jean Moorcroft Wilson posits that “a study of his life is a study of his age.” In fact Sassoon’s life spanned several ages.

By Peter Quinn

September 1, 2014

Book Essay

War and Peace

Article

Letters | But Was Aquinas Right?

Gary Gutting responds to Brian Davies regarding Denys Turner’s 'Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait.'

By The Editors

September 1, 2014

Letters

Article

Small Problem, Big Solution

Do certain seemingly insignificant habits have a profound impact on our lives—on our success in school, at work, and even in our marriages?

By Jo McGowan

September 1, 2014

Columnists

Foreign Affairs

Article

The Time of Our Lives

The obsession with time lies at the core of Linklater’s singular new film, 'Boyhood.' In a sense it is misleading to call it new, since work on it began in 2001.

By Rand Richards Cooper

September 1, 2014

Movies

Article

More History, Less Science

Bernard Williams’s literary and philosophical skills are well on display throughout this collection.

By John Schwenkler

September 1, 2014

Books

Article

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most eloquent religious figures of the twentieth century—a “jeweler of words,” in the estimation of one colleague.

By Mary C. Boys

September 1, 2014

Books

Article

Bookmarks | Saul Bellow, In His Son's Eyes

Greg Bellow’s memoir on coming to terms with his late father’s flaws. Also: new novels from Claire Messud and James Salter.

By Anthony Domestico

September 1, 2014

Books

Article

Two Poems | The Mowers & The Cricket

The mowers are at work on the hillside, / cutting brush with string trimmers and chattering saws, / and a haze of dust rises up around/ the crew as they labor...

By Michael Cadnum

September 1, 2014

Poetry

Article

Poem | Song Of Songs

eden’s echo is delight / when lover and beloved sing their pleasure ...

By Lou Ella Hickman

September 1, 2014

Poetry

Article

Last Word: The Fear of God

When we speak of the fear of God, everything depends on what we are afraid of and why.

By Jerry Ryan

September 1, 2014

The Last Word

Article

Infinite Horizon

What some critics see as Rolheiser’s complacent, uncritical embrace of modern secular society is actually borne of his confidence in God's abiding presence and care.

By Michael W. Higgins

August 27, 2014