A new book situates the Legion within the shameful history of French colonialism.
History
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
J.F.K. at 100: America’s Camelot has lost its sheen, but the vision lives on.
John F. Kennedy’s austere brand of patriotism still shines.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Talking heads help humanize the PBS documentary ‘Martin Luther’
The two-hour film portrays the “simple monk” Martin Luther as more of a Catholic than he is generally thought to be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A writer who helps us understand the lives of others
Paley knew by instinct what science now confirms: the role reading plays in developing empathy for the other.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is war a necessary evil?
Paul Lauritzen reviews “War: An Enquiry” by A. C. Grayling
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A friar turned detective
The story spans 60 years, and as Broderick tells the tale of Roza Mojewska and Otto Brack he tells the story of Poland itself, touching on Hitler’s goal of annihilating the Poles to give the Germans space.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The Statue of Liberty is a sign of welcome—but our immigration fights will not end
The United States’ status as a nation of immigrants has never been perfect.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Pope Benedict XV and the forgotten campaign to end World War I
Overshadowed in his lifetime, Pope Benedict provided lessons for the world’s peoples and policymakers, then and now.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A convicted and crucified peasant
Michael Peppard reviews “Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World” by Larry W. Hurtado.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
From Jonathan Edwards to Billy Graham
Larry Madaras reviews “The Evangelicals: An Essential History for the Struggle to Shape America” by Frances Fitzgerald.