Pro-Life, Pro-Truth
"When I speak to my pro-choice friends, I’m often able to find some common ground. They do not necessarily admit that human life has a...
The Secret Hero of Silence
"Judas hanged himself after betraying Jesus. Kichijiro turns himself in to be locked up with Rodrigues. The other imprisoned Christians...
Judas in Japan
"Scorsese’s foreword fills one with familiar dread. Here is the voice of mock piety, yet another chin-stroking sophomore speculating that...
Hast Thou Considered the Heptapod?
"Arrival stars Amy Adams as a linguist named Louise Banks who is tasked with learning how to speak to the aliens who have arrived in...
In Praise of a Muggle
"With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, director David Yates and Harry Potter scribe J. K. Rowling welcome us back into the...
The Twisted Genius of Jack Chick
"The comic book world lost a mad master of the form last Sunday. Tributes to him on comic book sites have been mixed in tone. One reads,...
Making Better Men
"When I ask my friends for their formative, positive male role models, the answers (real and fictional) were often men of quiet...
Trump’s Revolt Against Vows
"Trump’s policies, such as they are, usually come down to America breaking its promises. In the debate, he doubled-down on his previous...
The Compassion of Kubo and the Two Strings
"Kubo and the Two Strings, the latest concoction from Laika Studios, will blow you away with its gorgeous stop-motion animation. But it...
The Moral Heart of Hamilton
"Aaron Burr, Hamilton’s narrator and Hamilton’s killer, complains that Hamilton has been “seated at the right hand of the father,”...
