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Why Are We So Metaphysically Beleaguered?

Why Are We So Metaphysically Beleaguered?

A review of Bradley Lowell Stone’s Robert Nisbet: Communitarian Traditionalist (ISI Books, 2000) Episode 262: The Quest for Community by Robert Nisbet | National ReviewJohn J. Miller is joined by Luke Sheahan of Duquesne University to discuss Robert Nisbet’s book, The Quest for Community.National Review G.K. Chesterton’

Night Train: An American Legend

Night Train: An American Legend

The tent city crisis continues. It was even the subject of a recent Econtalk episode, in which the guest explained that the tent cities result from fentanyl-laced meth, which makes users paranoid, so they want to be in an enclosed space (a tent), but when they’re not under the

George MacDonald: Grandfather of Middle Earth?

George MacDonald: Grandfather of Middle Earth?

Fantasy literature wasn't even "a thing" until George MacDonald came along. Timothy Larsen flushes it out. One of my favorite "browsing books" is C.S. Lewis' Anthology: 365 Readings of George MacDonald writings. I've also long believed that the fiction of

Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed

Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed

It helps to be aware of one’s ignorance. That’s one reason I like to read Joseph Epstein, who wrote a delightful essay for the current issue of the new Catholic journal, The Lamp that brought my level of awareness to the brim. The topic? The letters of George

St. Patrick and Sundry

St. Patrick and Sundry

Black St. Patrick's Day According to the Spectator, St. Patrick's Day is the biggest bar night of the year, surpassing even my favorite holiday, Black Wednesday. For a country like Ireland, as devoted to its faith as to a good party, the fact that St. Patrick’

You Can't See Their Faces on Route 66

You Can't See Their Faces on Route 66

The Blurry Allure of the Open Road