Fascism has proved sufficiently elastic to be used as a term of abuse across the political spectrum.
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A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)
Princeton University is dropping the requirement for knowing Latin and Greek to major in Classics. Its decision is a frightening one and augurs ill for the future of the field.
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On Bloomsday, you can thank the Catholic Church for the humor in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
Bloomsday is an ideal time to find the humor that springs forth in ‘Ulysses.’
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Jordan Peterson is telling young white men what many of us already know: Neverland is a lie.
For some young white men with sufficient academic ability to comprehend Peterson’s writing and lectures, it is actually news that the worry-free irresponsibility offered in the seeming safety of Neverland has psychological, emotional and spiritual consequences.
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‘Rear Window’: The perfect movie for post-pandemic life
The movie about a man stuck indoors for months was the perfect choice for my first trip back to the theater.
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UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement address to the Holy Cross Class of 2021
Your environment has encouraged you to—according to that Jesuit principle—be men and women for others.
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Read: David Brooks’s message to the Boston College Class of 2021
‘You entered BC during one historical era which had one set of values. You graduate from BC at the start of a different historical era, with a new set of values, which you will write with the book of your lives.’
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The Sacramental Love Songs of Bachata’s Romeo Santos
The enchanted universe that Romeo alludes to is full of unpredictability and surprises.
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Bob Marley’s journey to justice, joy and (ultimately) to Christian faith
When I was unmoored from the church, Marley’s music and messianic faith told me: No, God has not forgotten you.
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Fifty years ago, my father leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times. It changed his life — and mine.
Half a century later, Robert Ellsberg looks back on his father’s famous release of the Pentagon Papers—and the consequences of that decision for his father, for him and for the nation.