We are sick

Maggie Gallagher on the epidemics of teen suicides in Palo Alto.

The new elite

It is interesting to compare these two columns by Brendan O'Neill and John Waters.

A crisis of attention

An interview with Matthew Crawford.

An unexpected victory?

The Chronicle of Higher Education on the Inklings.

End of social-democracy

Brendan O'Neill on the elections in the UK. The process seems to be the following: a) the left embraces technocracy and makes itself the representative of urban liberals; b) the right, which was already technocratic, drops any pretensions of defending traditional values; c) the left loses, since it is now identical to the right (while insincerely claiming to be different) and urban liberals are not enough to win elections.

Ask fundamental questions

An article by Michael Hanby.

That strange thing

Ron Srigley points out that one should look at one's humanity to understand the problem with the humanities.

Out of order

Davis Brooks on sin and other matters.

God's philosophers

Some interesting pieces by James Hannam on the relationship between the birth of modern science and Christianity.

Bigger than life

G.K. Chesterton is being considered for canonization.

Expecting someone to visit

A new biography of Vaclav Havel.

Unlimited, eternal happiness

An interview with Michel Houllebecq.

Giving oneself away

A conference in Rome on Card. Danielou.

Teach or perish

Jacques Berlinerbrau" on the self-inflicted doom of college professors.

A man of his time

Eamon Duffy on recent attempts to depict Thomas More as a dangerous fanatic.