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A Symposium on Love
Love’s complexities endure—and love does, too
Ideas in Progress interview: Agnes Howard on family history and the experiences of everyday life
Few topics seem as appropriate for discussing at the very beginning of a new year as family–the people who shape us and the people whom we shape in turn. And so, in this first Ideas in Progress interview of 2025, […]
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When Wisdom from on High Draws Nigh
Athanasius reminds us that Advent is for teaching—and learning
FORUM: Election 2024, Part III
A time to tear down, a time to build
The Daughter of a Presidential Candidate Reflects
I wouldn’t vote for him
REVIEW: Is Potty-Training What You Will Do with Your One Wild and Precious Life?
On the merits and limits of pro-natal progressivism
SUMMERING: Anomie
The annual check-up on our capacity for joy
REVIEW: Kids Are People Too
The reasons for having children are self-explanatory. Why are we rejecting them?
Privilege, Hungarian-style
What is the cost of rejecting inherited identities?
REVIEW: Make Your Best Self
It’s harder than we think it is
Coffee in the Old World’s New World
Starbucks Roasteries ask little of us but cash
Your Grandma Isn’t Cute
What does it mean to live well in old age?
Oh the Places We Went: Picking Berries
June is strawberries. Blueberries are July. In August the raspberries ripen.Â
On Fear of Flying
The sublimity—and absurdity—of air travel
REVIEW: Still More Reasons to Be Grateful for Immigrants
Parents who come from someplace else have a lot to teach everyone else
ROUNDTABLE: Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth
Jennifer Banks’ book opens pathways and unveils vistas
The Patient Is a Poor Historian
And the doctor usually is, too