Category: REVIEW

Nature and Nature’s God

Steven Searcy awakens us to the divine drama of our lives, in which God is present even in something as mundane as the tumbling of wind-blown leaves.

A Great Missed Opportunity

Britain’s forgotten people gave Boris Johnson power to act on their behalf, but he quickly forgot about them.

A Message from the Countryside

Dear Townies is an exasperated letter to green activists whose ideology could destroy the countryside.

Echoes of Antiquity

A strong Christian current runs through Joshua Hren’s collection, engaging with each poem and tying them into a cohesive whole.

Echoes of Antiquity

Echoes of Antiquity

A strong Christian current runs through Joshua Hren’s collection, engaging with each poem and tying them into a cohesive whole.

November 2, 2024
The Emergent Reality: Sophianic Initiation through Michael Martin’s Poems

The Emergent Reality: Sophianic Initiation through Michael Martin’s Poems

Martin thinks we must meet God in creation, and only then will we begin to respect again what He has made.

October 27, 2024
<strong>Forgotten Classics</strong>: The Banality of Evil in Austen’s <em>Northanger Abbey</em>

<strong>Forgotten Classics</strong>: The Banality of Evil in Austen’s <em>Northanger Abbey</em>

Jane Austen helps us to see that evil is a very ordinary thing.

October 26, 2024
<strong>The 9th Art</strong>: Sunday Adventures in History with <em>Alley Oop</em>

<strong>The 9th Art</strong>: Sunday Adventures in History with <em>Alley Oop</em>

The time-travel comics of V.T. Hamlin remind us that our present moment is only one thread in the vast and ongoing tapestry of history.

October 20, 2024
Out to Sea: Budapest Revives a Confused <em>Flying Dutchman</em>

Out to Sea: Budapest Revives a Confused <em>Flying Dutchman</em>

Wagner’s opera receives an engaging and sympathetic staging, despite some directorial suggestions to the contrary.

October 19, 2024
“Opt for the Great Happiness”: A Timely Blueprint for Family Revival

“Opt for the Great Happiness”: A Timely Blueprint for Family Revival

Eduard Habsburg contends that the family is the place where love, life, and faith are lived out in their fullest forms.

October 15, 2024
A Hackneyed Narrative

A Hackneyed Narrative

Goodbye, Eastern Europe marches in lockstep with Western journo-academic interpretations of the region’s history.

October 13, 2024
Worlds of Delight: The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien

Worlds of Delight: The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien is essential for anyone who appreciates the beauty of Tolkien’s verse.

October 11, 2024
Reclaiming the Poetic Register

Reclaiming the Poetic Register

David Lane’s The Tragedy of Orpheus and the Maenads recommends itself by irresistibly inspiring readers to ponder.

October 6, 2024
A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

Rod Dreher’s Living in Wonder outlines an escape from the paradigm of modernity that has painted the whole world grey.

October 5, 2024
A Spaniard’s Paean to Trajan, Romania, and Latin Civilization

A Spaniard’s Paean to Trajan, Romania, and Latin Civilization

“The Mystery of Romania: By its history faithful to Rome, by religion faithful to Byzantium; by its language tied to the West and by its customs to the East.”

September 29, 2024
Forgotten Classics: Tradition, Modernity, and the Inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof

Forgotten Classics: Tradition, Modernity, and the Inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof

Sholem Aleichem’s tales of faith and parenthood remain powerful stories with relevance for raising children in our troubled age.

September 29, 2024