Article Perpetual Lent How do you enter a time of mourning when you’ve been in one so long? By Claudia Avila Cosnahan February 17, 2021 Lent Coronavirus Spirituality
Article “You Can’t Lock Up the Whole Country” Alexei Navalny’s arrest has sparked protests from Russians across the political spectrum. By Isabella Simon February 16, 2021 Russia Foreign Affairs
Article One by Fire, One by Prayer A chance encounter with a fellow traveler leads to a reflection on the nature of service. By Nicole d’Entremont February 16, 2021 Spirituality The Last Word
Article Enemies Without. Enemy Within? Who poses a greater threat to American freedom: the SVR or Silicon Valley? By Andrew J. Bacevich February 15, 2021 Politics Russia Technology
Article The Pascal of the North A philosopher’s lifelong meditation on faith By Gordon Marino February 14, 2021 Philosophy Theology Books
Article ‘The Miracle of Everything’ Living with a rare heart condition led Gabriel Brownstein to chart the advances in coronary medicine over the centuries. By Rand Richards Cooper February 12, 2021 Science Nonfiction Technology Health Care
Story as Ceremony Celebrated author George Saunders shares his thoughts on what makes great fiction work. Fiction Spirituality
Article Béisbol, Baseball, and ‘Bad Hombres’ A Showtime documentary uses baseball to highlight contemporary border issues. But béisbol has always been a migration narrative on its own terms. By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández February 11, 2021 Movies Sports Immigration
Article Biden the Catholic, Part Two Some conservative Catholics and U.S. bishops are eager to exploit any controversy over Biden’s Catholicism, but in doing so they reveal their hypocrisy. By Paul Baumann February 10, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Joe Biden Bishops
Article American Arsenal America’s “gun problem” is not a problem so much as a condition of life—and in its apparent permanence, a dangerously debilitating one. By Dominic Preziosi February 9, 2021 Gun Control Domestic Affairs
Article Going to Extremes What does it mean to take empathy seriously? By John Paul Rollert February 8, 2021 Politics Arts
Article On Papal Populism Pope Francis’s new book offers a vision for a politics rooted in solidarity. By Austen Ivereigh February 7, 2021 Pope Francis Social Justice Economy
Article No Ordinary Lie The calculated Big Lie campaign that led up to the Capitol insurrection was not protected free speech. It was a high crime. By Peter Steinfels February 6, 2021 Donald Trump Election 2020
Article Servant of Memory Remembering the remarkable storyteller, Barry Lopez By Griffin Oleynick February 5, 2021 Interview Environment Nonfiction Travel
Article Listen Humbly, Argue Lovingly Being Christian means that no debate ever gives us an excuse to abandon the commandment to love, no matter how much we may disagree with someone. By Burke Nixon February 4, 2021 Books Domestic Affairs