Reading may be a private pleasure, but it is also a social force with global consequences.

A review of the Quadrennial Defense Review

Remembering John W. Donohue, S.J., a former editor who somehow combined austerity with humility and humor.

These days I look to children to remind me about enthusiasm.

For a Scandinavian-American, a visit from the bishops of Stockholm, Copenhagen and Reykjavik was a rare treat.

My boys can be hard to deal with. They are little engines of anxiety and disorder. I wouldn't trade them for anyone else.