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Classics of Catholic Economics

Classics of Catholic Economics Classics of Catholic Economics

In this issue, Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Francis’s economics. Here, he recommends five books of Catholic thought that display strikingly similar concerns to those of secul…

Sep 10, 2015 / Nathan Schneider

Confederate flags

What Do You Get When You Remix the Confederacy for 2015? What Do You Get When You Remix the Confederacy for 2015?

Hint: It’s not just biscuits and magnolias.

Sep 10, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Kim Davis

Kim Davis Kim Davis

The Rowan County clerk, Kim Davis, Believes that Jesus came to save us, And her beliefs she would betray OK’ing marriage that is gay. The judge said, when he heard her tale, Just d…

Sep 10, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Billie Holiday and Mister, circa 1946. (Credit: William P. Gottlieb / LOC)

Who Loves You? Who Loves You?

America’s ongoing fascination with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Illustration by Philip Burke

The Kissinger Effect The Kissinger Effect

Leftists often describe Henry Kissinger as a unique moral monster, but his intellectual framework pervades the entire national security state, from the neocons to Obama.

Sep 10, 2015 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Diagnosis Inc.

Diagnosis Inc. Diagnosis Inc.

You are two oranges shy of sangria You chumpchange in a clackdish You the flensed soldier, egg-runny on the inside You frogging deadline after deadline You caught in a Swiss chokeh…

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Byrne

Miriam Toews (credit: Carol Loewen)

The Unfathomable Sadness The Unfathomable Sadness

Miriam Toews writes about death and mental illness without sentimentality or sweeping platitudes.

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Oyler

Saul Bellow (middle) after acknowledging his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, October 22, 1976. (Credit: Charles Knoblock / AP)

The Flow of Life The Flow of Life

Is Saul Bellow the central American novelist since Willa Cather and William Faulkner?

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Mikics

Puzzle No. 3373

Puzzle No. 3373 Puzzle No. 3373

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Dandies holding back largely beige instrument found in an operating   room (7)  6 Psst… nice, crazy eyes (8) 1…

Sep 10, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born

September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born

“He has labored untiringly to dig the weeds out of the annals of American fiction.”

Sep 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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