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An Open Marriage Manifesto?

Molly Roden Winter’s open-marriage memoir features unsexy sex, lots of crying, and a vivid portrait of emotional pain.
By Dorothy Fortenberry
February 16, 2024
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Dust to Dust

W. H. Auden's poetry shines a light on the essential Christian temporality in which death is always imminent.
By Helen Rouner
March 2, 2024
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God or Trump?

It is a mistake to see Trump only as a political leader. In 2024, he is also a cult for Evangelicals who no longer want to be Christians.
By Thomas Geoghegan
April 8, 2024
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Why Not Women?

The all-male priesthood of the Catholic Church has become an outward sign of inner corruption.
By Alice McDermott
April 23, 2024
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What's Behind America's Loneliness Crisis?

Taking on America's loneliness crisis will require making ourselves a nation of agents.
By Ian Marcus Corbin
July 24, 2024
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When Hitchens Was Good

Christopher Hitchens was a champion detractor, a terrific hater, and always more fun to read when he was denouncing than when he was praising.
By Morten Høi Jensen
August 29, 2024
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‘And You a Catholic!’

What can inspire a return to faith beyond a cultural-fortress mentality?
By Phil Klay
October 18, 2024
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A Deeper Order

Charles Taylor's 'Cosmic Connections' explores questions of meaning and order beyond what rationalism alone can answer.
By George Scialabba
October 30, 2024
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Counsels of Humility

The dream of rescuing democracy from the people has been dreamed—and smashed.
By Samuel Moyn
November 4, 2024
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PR for Hitler

Pat Buchanan's World War II revisionism is now being echoed by a new generation of right-wing ideologues.
By Matt McManus
December 17, 2024
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