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A collection of 123 issues

Thriving on the Fringe of Society

Carrie Blackmore Smith at Cincinnati Magazine

A Forgotten Catholic Novelist

Stephen Schmalhofer at First Things

The First Catholic Cleric to Go Over to Saruman (and the Left Hemisphere)?

In the early nineteenth century, the “tormented, headstrong Breton priest”[1] Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais changed fundamental Christian doctrines to justify socialism. His career illustrates the damage that can be done by presenting socialism as authentic religious doctrine, especially when an individual or group has established the illusion of

On Milosz, Exile, and Humane Art

Rachel E. Hicks at Front Porch Republic

Matt Taibbi Is Still an Outsider

Charlie Tidmarsh at Real Clear Wire

How to Become a Great Man or Woman

For starters, read about the great men and women Merely by thinking about certain sorts of people at all . . . we become objectively, measurably, more like them, in how we behave, think and feel. Iain McGilchrist Ask a college professor this question: “Did Moses write the Torah or did the Torah

One Vicious Author

You remember the 1987 movie, Throw Mama from the Train? I learned last night that it was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 movie, Strangers on a Train, which was in turn based on the novel by the same name. The author of the novel? Patricia Highsmith, a nasty

Huberman Attack

I struggled about whether to post this story. I really like the Huberman podcast and this reporter wrote this story to show (by implication) that Huberman is a fake because he has demons . . . including a big libido. The thing is, I've always figured Huberman must have pretty serious

Was Albert Jay Nock Like Socrates?

Nock’s Memoirs is the figurative equivalent of Socrates drinking the hemlock. But both are suicides that were necessary in light of their worldview. Nock’s Memoirs is his way of getting involved: the only way he could get involved and live true to his principles.