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Finding the Blue Hour
One of my favorite scenes in any of Éric Rohmer’s films occurs in his picaresque Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle. Two young women are spending the night in a barn. One is from Paris; the other is a country girl. The second tells t...
The Wise Mother
Mothers these days have a lot more to understand than just their children. Gentle parents, helicopter moms, tradwives, girlbosses: Parental identities abound. Which one are you? Should you be any of them?
You can scroll endlessly on Instag...
Is Donald Trump Antichrist?
Is Donald Trump antichrist?
My question is not quite the provocation it will probably sound like to some readers. For one thing, even an answer in the affirmative does not necessarily mean that the former host of Celebrity Apprentice is ac...
The Realm of Faerie
By David Bentley Hart
Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld, Matthias Egeler (trans. Stewart Spencer), Yale University Press, pp. 256, $26.00
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa, Anthony Grafton, Belknap Press,...
The Lamp Newsletter: March 6, 2026
Éric Rohmer’s Classicism
For Rohmer, the role of the filmmaker is to record and conserve the ordered beauty of the world rather than to attempt its transformation.
Éric Rohmer is not only one of the finest filmmakers of...
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A Catholic journal of literature, science, the fine arts, etc.
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Attorney and homeschooling mom of four. Writing about women, children, families, and family policy.
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