A seasoned book critic reflects on the reviewer's obligation to "shred" and the love that animates healthy criticism.

In the Convent of Santa Clara in Carmona, Spain, fourteen nuns carry out ancient traditions with new faces.

Rachel Cusk's innovative new novel 'Parade' explores attention, art, perspective, and secrets.

Martin Scorsese discusses filmmaking as a gift from God.

Making sense of the interplay of reason and emotion in our conception of caring—with the help of 'The Great Gatsby.'

Lee Zeldin, nominated to lead the EPA, will prioritize pleasing Trump, not protecting the environment.

Regardless of the Trump administration’s work on the ceasefire deal, it does not appear as if it will act with greater concern for Palestinian lives than the previous one.

There is reason to think that Cardinal Robert McElroy might serve as a moral counterexample to the new Trump administration.

The idealized image of attention as control is not so much a virtue as a phantom or mirage of one.