Remembering Tony Bennett and the final studio album he released—at 95
Boyhood Revisited
There’s more than one way to play with time
Paul Simon Finds the Lord
Seven Psalms is his 15th solo studio album
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. […]
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 […]
The Poisonwood Bible at 25
Revisiting the Barbara Kingsolver bestseller—in which a person becomes a parable
FORUM: The War on Book Reviews
The substantive and the accessible meet in a good review
An Air Force Veteran’s Final Flight
An Honor Flight gives an Airman First Class the first-class treatment
Prayers Answered: God Saved the Queen
May He also bless and preserve King Charles III
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
Boyhood Revisited
There’s more than one way to play with time
Puritan Passions
350 years on, Anne Bradstreet’s poems still speak
The Enduring Mystery of Agatha Christie
Long Live Death on the Nile—and Agatha Christie
Culture Wars: Squirrel Edition
Tales from the frontline of interspecies conflict
The Many True Meanings of Christmas
Lay down your arms. It’s time to celebrate.
The Blessed One
Tony Bennett has just released another studio album—at 95
America’s Low-Wage Earners
Twenty years on, Nickel and Dimed still reveals our blindness—and its author’s as well
“Thoughts and Prayers”
Who needs them? Both progressives and conservatives, it turns out.
Looking For Heroes
What does it take to stand upright in front of a statue?
NPR Insults the Prophet Muhammad?
National Public Radio has decided to go all-in on blasphemy.