The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness By Andrew Klavan (Zondervan, 272 Pages, $29.99) As last week stumbled to a close, I read the news story of Congressman Jared Huffman (D–Calif.), who was on his merry…
What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been is the title Jordan Peterson (or his organization) gave to his 500th podcast, released last week. Apt for Peterson, who has chalked up a few psychedelic journeys and has talked about them with…
The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, was this last weekend. This year, I felt its cleansing power palpably. My reacquaintance with the power of Yom Kippur came decades ago. I see it as part of the providential nature of this…
Leftism is a complex beast — far more intricate and sinister than many realize. Conservatives speak often of communism and Marxism, but leftism is unlike either of these evils. After all, both communism and Marxism have end goals that many…
As a journalist, it’s easy to turn around copy on any of the public policy and political debates of the day, but I struggle to write about religious issues in a meaningful way. My American Spectator columns detail the usual…
I will soon be 80 years old. I’m tired. But I love my readers. They keep me alive. I have been writing regularly since I was editor of Silver Chips, the newspaper of my glorious high school, Montgomery Blair. As…
In a recent long-form interview between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Dr. J.D. Haltigan, the conversation turned towards the violence all over the world in the wake of Oct. 7. As the two psychologists were trying to understand this horrible, hateful…
The Sisters of Charity of New York announced last year that it will not accept any new members. The announcement was more of a formality than anything else, as no one has joined the order in more than twenty years….
July 13 will be remembered in American history — and even world history — for decades and, hopefully, centuries to come. The big question, of course, is “How did this happen?” How did the Secret Service and state and local…
