Article Blockbusting What happens to independent filmmakers such as Sofia Coppola, Patty Jenkins, and Edgar Wright when they embark on genre projects? By Richard Alleva July 27, 2017 Movies
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Article Slaves Are Catching Our Shrimp The Rohingyas are caught between the alternatives of enslavement, annihilation, and impossible-looking escape over the water. Will we take any action? By Sarah Ruden July 27, 2017 Foreign Affairs
Article Letters | The Expected Inquisition & a Response from Eric Brende Readers consider Eric Brende's article, and the author responds. By The Editors July 27, 2017 Letters
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Article Letter from Germany Americans may want to turn to Germany for a lesson on democratic institutions By William Collins Donahue July 20, 2017 Foreign Affairs
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Article The Last Earnest Catholic Novel? Earnest religious works exist as spiritual stories in a secular world, and not as stories in which belief is mere symbol By Nick Ripatrazone July 18, 2017 Books Secularism and Modernity U.S. Catholicism
Article His Bleak Materials Characters in the fiction of J. F. Powers reveal the limitations and consolations of belief, and his work affirms his faith even as it challenges it By Jeffrey Meyers July 18, 2017 Books Priesthood Domestic Affairs U.S. Catholicism
Article Letter from Rome Critics complain that Francis is acting like a dictator and his pontificate is in crisis. They wonder if it’s now time for him to take a vacation By Robert Mickens July 17, 2017 Pope Francis Bishops Web Exclusive Columnists