With the World Series upon us, a look back at some of America’s finest coverage of baseball.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg: We Catholics want the real world, not the metaverse.
Mark Zuckerberg wants us all to live in his Metaverse. But as Catholics, our fundamental disposition toward the physical world is that it is precious and meaningful.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
What’s the point of ‘Squid Game’? Mindless violence, social critique or just an excuse for a fun conversation?
Red light, green light, 123: Two of America’s writers consider the Netflix juggernaut.
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What does a Catholic priest think about ‘Midnight Mass’?
What does a Catholic priest make of “Midnight Mass”? Is the Netflix show anti-Catholic?
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The six best (and six worst) Catholic Halloween costumes
This is no trick and all treat: We’ve compiled a list of the best and the worst Catholic Halloween costumes to help you decide on your disguise.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Catholic veteran Phil Klay writes about forever wars — and he sounds a lot like Pope Francis
Phil Klay is part of a new generation of authors who are putting to rest the overwrought claims about the death of modern Catholic fiction.
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Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’: Empathy, Humility and the Lack Thereof
I find Dave Chappelle’s concept of empathy for transgender people worth considering — both for what it includes and misses.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Dune’ is another sci-fi Messiah tale. The New Testament references are everywhere.
Frank Herbert’s beloved novel has enough material that should preclude the kind of dead space that inhabits so much of this “Dune.”
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You loved ‘Mare of Easttown.’ These British police dramas could be your next obsession.
These shows shine an intimate, even glaring light on humanity in its less flattering manifestations.
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Brandi Carlile is Pope Francis’ kind of songwriter: Tender
Brandi Carlile’s latest album shows the singer’s keen awareness of the radical nature of tenderness.