Issue 25

Brass Rubbings

Congenial Occupiers

John F. Quinn

On the Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

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The Jungle

U and Non-U Justice

Carino Hodder

On the Rupnik scandal.

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Historia Ecclesiastica

Charlemagne's Jerusalem

Jodi Magness

On Jerusalem in the ninth century.

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Apologia

He Was a Priest

Vincent L. Strand

On an ancestor's beard.

Features

Forgetting Taylor Swift

Sam Kriss

On the blaring brightness of fame.

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Features

Why Catholics Can't Read

Nathan Payne

On the goal of a Catholic diocesan school.

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Features

A Philosophical Election

Stanley Fish

On the choice in 2024.

Arts and Letters

In-trays, Out-trays, and Ashtrays

Peter Hitchens

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man, Nicholas Shakespeare, Harper, pp. 864, $45.00

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Arts and Letters

The Napoleon of the Punjab

Jaspreet Singh Boparai

Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King, Wallace Collection (April 10–October 20, 2024)

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Arts and Letters

The Guise She Wore

Edward Short

Woman Much Missed: Thomas Hardy, Emma Hardy and Poetry, Mark Ford, Oxford, pp. 272, $35.00