Meeting Cervantes — the Man Who Invented the Novel
Some books engross you immediately, that’s certainly true of William Egginton’s The...
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Author: Deal Hudson
Trump’s First Year: A Symposium
Those of us who took Trump at his word took a chance, no doubt, but all the signs were there that he was sincere in making the promise to protect the unborn.
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Why the 1916 Somme Slaughter?
I’m reading Hugh Sebag-Montefiore’s magisterial Somme: Into the Breach (Viking, 2016) where...
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Peter O’Toole’s Nose
Peter O’Toole was so handsome, even men called him “beautiful,” but the...
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A Novel About Giving the Gift of Music
There’s a new and delightful novel, The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, which I’m kicking...
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Our Trenches, Our Civil War
There are no bayonet attacks or cannons firing away into the night, but there are trenches. Take...
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The Loneliness of Lincoln and Trump
The epithets aimed at Lincoln from his being an “imbecile” to having become a “dictator” have become the daily memes of the mainstream media toward President Trump. T
Read MoreWhy Is Tomorrow, or the Next Moment, More Important Than Today, or the Present Moment?
My title may seem a bit pretentious, but it poses the central question of Francis O’Gorman’s 2017 book, Forgetfulness: Making the Modern Culture of Amnesia. I interviewed Francis yesterday on ‘Church and...
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Why the Wise Men Followed the Star
Their experience with the babe in a manger seemed to announce the beginning of a life that would overturn the order of things and challenge the supremacy of all earthly powers.
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The 100 Best Catholic Films for Christmas
In offering this list, I am not following any theological guidelines, rather I am concerned with...
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