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On providence.

A few days ago the British state quietly reached into my life and reminded me that I have exceeded my…  Read More

On the late editor, lawyer, and Catholic gentleman.

The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38Henry “Chips” Channon (Edited by Simon Heffer)Cornerstone, pp. 1024, $75.00 The unhappy tale of Tobermory, the…  Read More

I have written before about how to talk about the pope, and here I am writing about it again, at…  Read More

On the need to sing and keep going.

A reminiscence of the storied Dominican theologian.

Of all the male love interests in Jane Austen, Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey has always seemed to me easily…  Read More

On glimmers of light from a CRT landscape.

In 1956, my grandfather had just gotten out of the Army, and was living with his family in Brighton, on…  Read More