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The neoconservative leading the fight over the legacy of Vatican II in the American Church.

In Metaphysical Dog, a poet continues his unending, obsessive arguments with himself.

Victor Navasky’s The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and their Enduring Power

Climate change and its political repercussions.

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?

How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.