The Netherlands does not get a lot of media play in Canada. Save for improbable World Cup runs where the orange adopt an almost Canadian approach to soccer (complete with bone-crushing body checks), Holland quietly goes about its business as … Continue reading →

I watched the NHL draft last week and have forgotten most of the names mentioned. Two, however, stick in my mind. It isn’t their faults or credits I remember, but rather the presuppositions of the media questions which juxtaposed these … Continue reading →

The New Yorker‘s film critic, David Denby, damns director Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life with loud praise as an “insufferable” masterpiece. Denby is effusive in lauding the beauty and artistic daring of Malick’s long-awaited new movie. What he cannot … Continue reading →

In last week’s Economist, I read a piece about the measures in the U.S. to improve nutrition information on food packaging and to overhaul the USDA “food icon”—which has now been changed from the pyramid that people my age remember … Continue reading →

Universities are changing too slowly to survive in their current form. I recognize that most of them will outlast me but within the more expansive rhythms of history and institutions, the forms we are familiar with today will be curiosities … Continue reading →

Christian social action is a game played largely by coalitions. Christians involved in the public square—which includes much more than politics—come from a hodge-podge of various backgrounds, and approach the public square with a diverse set of agendas. Exhibit A: … Continue reading →

Last week, I participated in a conference of trans-Atlantic policy makers discussing various issues affecting Europe and North America. The specific policy prescriptions suggested to deal with the fiscal, trade, and social challenges confronting western democracies were considered in the … Continue reading →

Listen to almost any magazine publisher’s public yawp these days and you’ll hear one of two things. You’ll either hear the cement mixer grind of accountancy minds grumbling on about declining ROI, plunging EBITDA and the urgent need to reduce … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday night, along with my husband and two friends, I went to Sleep No More, a production that’s hard to describe. It’s not a play, exactly. It’s based on Macbeth, and presupposes that the audience has a passing familiarity … Continue reading →

In the summer letter from St. Gregory’s Abbey, Abbot Andrew writes on the important stuff of fantasy and imagination. He says: These and many other stories that follow the outline of the Paschal Mystery baptize the imagination by imagining the … Continue reading →