Magazine

June 12, 2015

v.142 n.11

Article

Too Much Sunshine?

Transparency has brought not openness but paralysis; the ability of legislative bodies to do their job requires a closed door behind which compromise can be reached.

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

June 1, 2015

Columnists

Domestic Affairs

Election 2016

Article

Shared Commitments

Many people in the West who do not share Christian faith nonetheless share with Christians many of the key ethical values that energize democratic political life.

By Robert Gascoigne

June 1, 2015

Secularism and Modernity

Spirituality

Theology

Article

Our Kids

The pattern of income inequality is more than a social problem, Robert Putnam says; it's a social tragedy, most devastating in the lives of poor American children.

By Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

June 1, 2015

Article

The Age of the Crisis of Man

Many modern American thinkers have asked, often and with anxiety, "What is man?" In his latest book, Mark Greif thinks we've outgrown this—and it's a good thing.

By Anthony Domestico

June 1, 2015

Secularism and Modernity

Continuing the Conversation

Article

'One Moment of Reality'

During the last months of her life, Katherine Mansfield conceived of a different kind of writing—“stories that I would not be ashamed to show to God.”

By Pierce Butler

June 1, 2015

Book Essay

Article

Why the Romantics Matter

In his final book, the late Peter Gay expands familiar notion of the Romantic rebellion against Enlightenment rationality, to the focus on artistic self-expression.

By Edward T. Wheeler

June 1, 2015

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Last Word: Flick, Flick

These idle moments when we used to be alone with our thoughts are being decimated by devices. A casual but crucial meditative dimension in our lives is disappearing.

By Rand Richards Cooper

June 1, 2015

Media

The Last Word

Article

Poem | The Instants

After last night’s rain, the world begun again—you know what I mean, you have been here often...

June 1, 2015

Article

Letters | Francis & sexual abuse; sober history; knowing Jesus

Readers "angered at the tortured logic of the editors" respond to the removal of Bishop Finn, Francis's failures, the value of "big history," and how to know Jesus.

By The Editors

June 1, 2015

Article

Robomance

Alex Garland's "Ex Machina" is a deceptive movie about deceptions, most of all about the very human tendency to deceive oneself in order to feel needed.

By Richard Alleva

May 28, 2015

Movies

Article

Signal Failure

While other countries outspend the United States in infrastructure, political ideology and lack of investment leave our railroads, highways, and airports crumbling.

By The Editors

May 26, 2015

Domestic Affairs

Economy

Editorial

Article

Incarnation U.

Do Catholic institutions actually convey an education in humanistic culture—or in prophetic culture, for that matter? Do they do this in the classroom? Or elsewhere?

By George Dennis O’Brien

May 26, 2015

Article

A Socialist for President?

Pundits will have great fun with a socialist in the race. But before laughing Bernie Sanders off, a short primer on socialism in the United States might be useful.

May 6, 2015

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June 12, 2015

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Too Much Sunshine?

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Shared Commitments

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Our Kids

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The Age of the Crisis of Man

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'One Moment of Reality'

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Why the Romantics Matter

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Last Word: Flick, Flick

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Poem | The Instants

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Letters | Francis & sexual abuse; sober history; knowing Jesus

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Robomance

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Signal Failure

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Incarnation U.

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A Socialist for President?

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