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Centuries in, the tension between Catholic ideals and the American experience remains taut and troubled

Shannon’s new book American Pilgrimage extends an invitation: Come and see

Over three decades after his resignation ended the USSR, how much has changed?

Putting the “history” back into “activist history”

Christian witness—especially to other Christians—remains imperative today

The admonition “Be careful what you wish for” turns out to have sound historical backing

What are the politics of excavating the past in modern Jerusalem?

Today political power is king. Does it really rule?

Jedidiah Purdy’s call for more self-governance raises a question: How far can better policy take us?

Sometimes the heroes of our childhood become the heroes of our adulthood

Connection and contentment might be a dance away

In which a young man discovers that the brain was not made to live in a silo

Their presence changes us. So does their absence.

Do not hold me to anything written below!

“Rumor, swiftest of all evils; she thrives on speed and gains strength as she goes.”

How useful are historical analogies in our new political era?

There’s magic in a walkable neighborhood

With the close of the series, Better Call Saul’s acute rendering of evil turns unexpectedly toward hope

Thirty years after Mark Heard’s death he’s still showing us what we’ve missed

“I don’t believe the honest man is forced to submit to history”