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November 10, 2017

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Intelligible Mysteries

Modern artists and modern theologians had a lot to say to one another

November 10, 2017

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Hardly a Triumph

We really need to update how we imagine the Cold War period

By Andrew J. Bacevich

November 9, 2017

Foreign Affairs

War and Peace

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Resistance, Then & Now

Desperate times call for more than desperation

By Jo McGowan

November 6, 2017

Books

Donald Trump

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Breaking the News

Taking back journalism from algorithms is good for both democracy and the soul—but it’s not enough

By Paul Horwitz

November 5, 2017

Media

Feature

Beyond Identity?

In response to Mark Lilla’s ‘The Once and Future Liberal,’ four authors weigh in on the fate of liberalism and the meaning of identity politics

By The Editors

November 2, 2017

Economy

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Why Don’t They Like Her?

Why did Hillary prompt such rage?

By Leslie Tentler

October 31, 2017

Books

Election 2016

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Nothing to Be Done?

The stories of women in ‘The Ninth Hour’ don’t teach easy lessons, but they show how people in hopeless situations do what they can

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

October 31, 2017

Books

Religious Life

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A Tale of Two Cities’ Doctors

How the money-making imperative distorts health-care up and down the service spectrum

October 25, 2017

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Sacred Things

John Kelly’s dark view of American politics and society may be closer than anyone suspected to that of his boss

By The Editors

October 24, 2017

Domestic Affairs

Donald Trump

War and Peace

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Caught between Camps

Where the Christians of Jerusalem’s Old City find themselves in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

October 16, 2017

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Tradition You Can Hold

Books have their own fates

By Peter Jeffery

October 26, 2017

Books

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Why the Doily?

Once you notice the doilies, you see them everywhere in the wild

October 26, 2017

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After the Thaw

‘A Legacy of Spies,’ which really cannot be understood without reading some of the predecessor novels, is not a match for them

By Katherine A. Powers

October 26, 2017

Books

Poetry

Poem | Letter to Belmont

"Now I pray for you, / after four decades more I cannot do / but write in my red head this note of thanks."

By Timothy Murphy

October 25, 2017

Poetry

Poem | Breaking Ground

"The earth floats stones to the surface in spring / to gawk at the moon and the stars and the sun"

By Tom Furlong

October 25, 2017

Poetry

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Letters | Tone deaf or bigoted?

A reader discusses a recent editorial, and the editors reply.

By The Editors

October 25, 2017

Letters

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Gloom-Struck

‘Blade Runner 2049’ struggles to fully realize its vision of a dystopic future. ‘Ex Libris’ shows how real libraries are facing their own uncertain future

By Rand Richards Cooper

October 25, 2017

Movies

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Snakes, Violence & Grace?

Does the viewer find more grace in Cristóbal de Villalpando’s Baroque altarpiece, or in Cézanne’s apple?

By Paul Baumann

October 11, 2017

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Secularism and Modernity

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