An ordinary man discovers a terrible secret: he is living in a nightmare. Yossarian, the war pilot protagonist from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22, finds himself … Read More ›
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In 1977, right between the release of Jaws and E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Steven Spielberg made Close Encounters of the Third Kind. While by no means … Read More ›
“The game,” intimates Screwtape to Wormwood, “is to have them all running about with fire extinguishers whenever there is a flood, and all crowding to … Read More ›
Questions of meaning, for the individual and for the broader reality enmeshing him, have arisen in all generations. From this agon of great souls wrestling … Read More ›
Jesus performed one of his most interesting miracles on the blind man outside Bethsaida. Mark 8: 22–25 tells how friends of a blind man took …
I spent this last year planning my wedding, which is to say, I spent the year chronically busy and stressed. I don’t think I was … Read More ›
What is “traditional” marriage? From past generations, we have inherited the idea of marriage as an institution between one man and one woman. The short, … Read More ›
Denis Villneueve’s 2016 science fiction masterpiece Arrival has been one of my favorite movies since the first time I saw it. I think my love … Read More ›
It is notoriously difficult to understand the origins of homosexuality, but Halperin has offered a theory that aligns more with Catholic theology than the “pro-LGBT” …