Burke’s Gambit
LITERARY LIGHTS
Edmund Burke was a son of Ireland, and a sage for all seasons. Few writers and political thinkers from the..Read more
Kevin Belmonte
Mystical Light: C. S. Lewis’ Debt to George MacDonald
LITERARY LIGHTS
It all began with a book that nearly went unread. The setting was England, the time, October 1916. Amid the..Read more
A Gift That Will Last: The Legacy of C. S. Lewis
LITERARY LIGHTS
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day C. S. Lewis died. To mark this anniversary, he will have a permanent..Read more
Courage beneath a Dark Shadow: Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
LITERARY LIGHTS
(Note: This article contains spoilers.) “Whatever the word great means, Dickens was what it means.” So wrote G. K. Chesterton—someone who knew more than..Read more
Borderlands
H. L. MENCKEN’S STRUGGLE WITH FAITH
When I was a boy, white-haired Alistair Cooke used to host “Masterpiece Theatre” on PBS. As I write these lines,..Read more
