Paul Baumann

In 'We Don’t Know Ourselves,' Fintan O’Toole examines the fitful way in which Ireland eventually embraced a secular liberal modernity.

In the Irish War for Independence, it was never certain who was your enemy and who were your allies.

“If the idea is to improve the average Catholic’s understanding of the Eucharist, I think it is a mistake to catechize on the subject in the homily.”

The late Charles R. Morris was undaunted by any intellectual challenge.

“Looking back,” Mary McCarthy wrote, “I see that it was religion that saved me.”

The authoritarian impulses Trump and his supporters are now displaying are a vital part of the GOP’s DNA.