The Best Books I Read in 2024
I had no intention of abruptly ending the year of blogging in mid-December on the subject of “rawdogging.” But the frenzy of […]
“The Child is the Father of the Man”: Children and the Invitation to Eternity
Catherine Pakaluk’s book, “Hannah’s Children,” is concerned with the phenomenon of religious women who choose to welcome five or more children. There […]
The Very British Childhood of Anglophiles Everywhere
There can be a real thrill in testing out an idea you’ve read about. Is it true? Does it hold up to […]
Sheldon Vanauken’s “A Severe Mercy” and Our “Appetite for Eternity”
So great is our longing for experience beyond the ordinary crushing tide of mortal time that suburban moms are now resorting to […]