Sachiko, Shusaku Endo’s World-Historical Novel
In his newly translated novel Sachiko, set in Japan and Europe during WWII, Shusaku Endo treats the variety of human love, including the self-sacrificial.
Why G. K. Chesterton Liked America
A hundred years ago, the Englishman G. K. Chesterton came to our shores and liked what he saw — unlike many of his peers. Today, it’s worth understanding why.
Jacques Barzun, Historian for All Time
The wisdom and relevance of Jacques Barzun’s salvo against Darwin, Marx, and Wagner endures, 80 years later.
How Edward Said Reoriented the West
A review of Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said, by Timothy Brennan.
G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw: An Ambivalent Literary Relationship
The Christian writer G. K. Chesterton remains a judicious guide to the modernist Nietzschean dramatist George Bernard Shaw.
Don’t Forget Polish Suffering — and Heroism
Before criticizing the current Polish government, consider Eastern Europe’s experience with Communism and Nazism.
Malcolm Muggeridge, Marked by Mobility and a Search for Morality
The British writer, journalist, and public intellectual died 30 years ago next month. He sought to overcome darkness within and outside himself.
On Communist Executions
Andrew Higgins’s excellent article needs to be supplemented by Ms. Sevander’s work.
An Eloquent Witness and Wit: David Berlinski on Human Nature
Persons are not gods, but neither are they robots.