Lay down your arms. It’s time to celebrate.
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Netflix DVD RIP
A fond farewell to the ritual of the red envelope
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Lord Peter Wimsey Turns 100
The golden age of detective fiction was a long time ago
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The Blessed One
Remembering Tony Bennett and the final studio album he released—at 95
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Boyhood Revisited
There’s more than one way to play with time
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Paul Simon Finds the Lord
Seven Psalms is his 15th solo studio album
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A gift guide for graduates
Graduation season is coming up! If you are stumped for gift ideas for your favorite high-school and college grads, we have put together a starter gift guide for you. Sure, you could always just put some cash in a card....
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Addendum to roundup of coverage on guns and gun control: Timothy Larsen’s essay from 2021
Earlier today, I ran a roundup of all Current, Arena, and Way of Improvement Leads Home coverage on guns and gun control since May 2022. But I want to add here one more resource. In August 2021, Current Contributing Editor...
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The Poisonwood Bible at 25
Revisiting the Barbara Kingsolver bestseller—in which a person becomes a parable
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FORUM: The War on Book Reviews
The substantive and the accessible meet in a good review
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Professor Pope
Joseph Ratzinger, always a scholar, transcended academe
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An Air Force Veteran’s Final Flight
An Honor Flight gives an Airman First Class the first-class treatment
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Prayers Answered: God Saved the Queen
May He also bless and preserve King Charles III
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REVIEW: How’s that Post-Christian Thing Goin’ for Ya?
The admonition “Be careful what you wish for” turns out to have sound historical backing
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Boyhood Revisited
There’s more than one way to play with time
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Puritan Passions
350 years on, Anne Bradstreet’s poems still speak
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The Enduring Mystery of Agatha Christie
Long Live Death on the Nile—and Agatha Christie
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Culture Wars: Squirrel Edition
Tales from the frontline of interspecies conflict
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The Many True Meanings of Christmas
Lay down your arms. It’s time to celebrate.
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The Blessed One
Tony Bennett has just released another studio album—at 95
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