Article The Burning Question It is the responsibility of all Democrats to unite behind the nominee. Right now, Joe Biden is the most likely—and arguably the best—choice. By Rand Richards CooperMarch 10, 2020 Election 2020 Donald Trump Domestic Affairs
Article Oscar Oversights If you needed proof that Oscar nominations are capricious and routinely neglect excellent films, here are three prime pieces of evidence.By Rand Richards CooperMarch 6, 2020 Movies
Article Cinema’s Pewter Age This year’s Oscar lineup is hardly as strong as it could be. Herewith your reviewer’s annual preview, with pleasures, peeves, and picks.By Rand Richards CooperFebruary 8, 2020 Movies Web Exclusive Media
Article The Life You Lead With ‘The Irishman’ Martin Scorsese returns to his familiar cinematic beat, where morality contends with the primal facts of time and mortality.By Rand Richards CooperNovember 29, 2019 U.S. Catholicism Movies Spirituality
Article Different Drums Two films about two supremely gifted singers explore how fate deals out both the plot of one’s life and the temperament with which we negotiate it.By Rand Richards CooperNovember 9, 2019 Music Movies
Article From Muckraking to Clickbait Mike Wallace contributed both good and ill to the evolution of American journalism. Perfect for an era of fake news, a new documentary traces his evolution.By Rand Richards CooperSeptember 27, 2019 Movies
PoliticsAmerican 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 PreziosiFebruary 9, 2021
ReligionAll Will Be Well When facing the problem of evil, we must start where we are: in the thick of it.By Denys TurnerJanuary 31, 2021
CultureGoing to Extremes What does it mean to take empathy seriously?By John Paul RollertFebruary 8, 2021
BooksOn Papal Populism Pope Francis’s new book offers a vision for a politics rooted in solidarity.By Austen IvereighFebruary 7, 2021
CollectionsLenten Reflections Reflections and poems to offer spiritual guidance during this period of national and theological mourningBy The EditorsFebruary 23, 2021