Spring 2021

Editorials

Dead End for the Left by Daniel McCarthy

Essays

Film & Stage

The Commanding Dekalog by Titus Techera
The Wrath of Corleone by Noah Millman

Books

A Moral Case for Capitalism by Alexander William Salter
Lessons of the Caesars by Ryan Shinkel
Paws for Thought by Kelly Jane Torrance
Reading Hegel Right by Grant Havers
The Poison Generation by Fred Siegel
The Western Canon by Todd Zywicki
What Happened to Steven Spielberg? by Peter Tonguette

Poetry

Current Issue

Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch

by Roger Kimball
Religion and Empire, Inseparable

by Dominic Green
Flannery at 100—and Forever

by Chilton Williamson, Jr.

Most Popular

Canons Win Culture Wars

Daniel McCarthy

Rediscovering our heritage is a vital means of renewal.
Canada’s National Identity Crisis

Geoff Russ

Justin Trudeau’s post-nationalist nightmare presents an opportunity for conservatives.
Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch

Roger Kimball

Kitsch is more than bad art; it’s a flight from freedom to servitude.
Dana Gioia, Enchanter-Poet

James Matthew Wilson

His latest work represents four decades of creative and critical acumen.
Why America Builds Monuments

Sabin Howard

Great memorials and sculpture can reunite a fractured nation.

Spotlight

March 31

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Noah Millman

We Are the Robots

Machines are mirrors for humanity in two new films and a recent play.

April 4

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Geoff Russ

What Is a Canadian?

The country’s soul lies in the wilderness, not potato-chip patriotism.

April 1

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W. Taylor Stevenson

Technology and Transcendence

Confidence in God’s otherness liberates our perspective on technology.

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