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Feature Intelligible Mysteries Modern artists and modern theologians had a lot to say to one another By Anthony Domestico November 10, 2017 Poetry Theology Books
Article Hardly a Triumph We really need to update how we imagine the Cold War period By Andrew J. Bacevich November 9, 2017 Foreign Affairs War and Peace
Article Resistance, Then & Now Desperate times call for more than desperation By Jo McGowan November 6, 2017 Books Donald Trump
Feature Breaking the News Taking back journalism from algorithms is good for both democracy and the soul—but it’s not enough By Paul Horwitz November 5, 2017 Media
Feature Beyond Identity? In response to Mark Lilla’s ‘The Once and Future Liberal,’ four authors weigh in on the fate of liberalism and the meaning of identity politics By The Editors November 2, 2017 Economy
Article Why Don’t They Like Her? Why did Hillary prompt such rage? By Leslie Tentler October 31, 2017 Books Election 2016
Article Nothing to Be Done? The stories of women in ‘The Ninth Hour’ don’t teach easy lessons, but they show how people in hopeless situations do what they can By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly October 31, 2017 Books Religious Life
Article A Tale of Two Cities’ Doctors How the money-making imperative distorts health-care up and down the service spectrum By Charles R. Morris October 25, 2017 Health Care Domestic Affairs Economy
Article Sacred Things John Kelly’s dark view of American politics and society may be closer than anyone suspected to that of his boss By The Editors October 24, 2017 Domestic Affairs Donald Trump War and Peace
Article Caught between Camps Where the Christians of Jerusalem’s Old City find themselves in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Santiago Ramos October 16, 2017 Foreign Affairs War and Peace Ecumenism
Article Why the Doily? Once you notice the doilies, you see them everywhere in the wild By Cassandra Nelson October 26, 2017 Poetry Books Higher Education
Article After the Thaw ‘A Legacy of Spies,’ which really cannot be understood without reading some of the predecessor novels, is not a match for them By Katherine A. Powers October 26, 2017 Books
Poetry Poem | Letter to Belmont "Now I pray for you, / after four decades more I cannot do / but write in my red head this note of thanks." By Timothy Murphy October 25, 2017 Poetry
Poetry Poem | Breaking Ground "The earth floats stones to the surface in spring / to gawk at the moon and the stars and the sun" By Tom Furlong October 25, 2017 Poetry
Article Letters | Tone deaf or bigoted? A reader discusses a recent editorial, and the editors reply. By The Editors October 25, 2017 Letters
Article Gloom-Struck ‘Blade Runner 2049’ struggles to fully realize its vision of a dystopic future. ‘Ex Libris’ shows how real libraries are facing their own uncertain future By Rand Richards Cooper October 25, 2017 Movies
Feature Snakes, Violence & Grace? Does the viewer find more grace in Cristóbal de Villalpando’s Baroque altarpiece, or in Cézanne’s apple? By Paul Baumann October 11, 2017 Arts Secularism and Modernity