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Title Publication Date
Newman's (Other) Challenges to Catholic Education Church Life Journal August 13, 2024
There Is No Should in Grief Current August 12, 2024
Who Do You Say That He Is? Acton Institute July 29, 2024
A guide for political detox The Dallas Morning News June 8, 2024
Encounters with the Counter-Cultural Power of Silence Church Life Journal April 11, 2024
This Christmas movie is really about suicide, mental health and... hope The Dallas Morning News December 16, 2023
Helping college students launch The Dallas Morning News August 26, 2023
Jacques Maritain and Art for Beauty's Sake Acton Institute April 28, 2023
NCAA: Jim Valvano and the improbable championship of North Carolina State in 1983 The Dallas Morning News April 3, 2023
The blessings of Irish grief The Dallas Morning News March 17, 2023
Contempt, Inquiry, and Rational Disagreement Public Discourse March 2, 2023
The world isn't binary; our thinking shouldn't be either The Dallas Morning News October 8, 2022
Last Call Current August 15, 2022
This Texas prison program is improving recidivism rates The Dallas Morning News June 6, 2022
Stephen Colbert makes the case that faith matters a great deal The Dallas Morning News March 27, 2022
Hope Comes from the Margins Current March 8, 2022
Higher Education Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Public Discourse February 3, 2022
How 'The Chosen' embraced the best of Hollywood and showed it what people really want The Dallas Morning News December 25, 2021
Crime, Punishment, and Columbo Current December 22, 2021
What 'Crime and Punishment' teaches us about American politics The Dallas Morning News November 16, 2021
What employers need that colleges don't teach well The Dallas Morning News September 17, 2021
Rethinking friendship after a pandemic The Dallas Morning News June 5, 2021
The pandemic has crushed young people's spirits The Dallas Morning News March 21, 2021
Enduring Longings: Reflections on DuBois's Reflections on Francis of Assisi Public Discourse March 18, 2021
Is envy at the root of our political anger? The Dallas Morning News January 29, 2021
Winning the human trafficking fight The Dallas Morning News January 6, 2021
Can we pull colleges away from politics and back to wisdom? The Dallas Morning News November 20, 2020
Educating for an Integrated Human Existence Public Discourse October 14, 2020
Ten years ago, The Social Network chillingly portrayed our new elite Catholic Herald October 12, 2020
America has to deal with its past, but not the way we think The Dallas Morning News September 16, 2020
Bob Dylan's art is still singing to our souls The Dallas Morning News July 7, 2020
Why we choose racism and how we can escape it The Dallas Morning News June 18, 2020
Isolated, angry and destructive — the America we can't have when we emerge Dallas News May 17, 2020
Solitude does not have to mean loneliness Dallas News April 5, 2020
In America, Islamic intellectualism is enjoying a liberal revival The Dallas Morning News February 23, 2020
Liquor most divine The University News February 12, 2020
Is our approach to poverty all wrong? Dallas News January 6, 2020
"The Best Books I Read in 2019" Catholic World Report December 15, 2019
From Altamont to the mountaintop: Did we take the wrong message from the '60s? December 6, 2019
Here's what college education should really be about The Dallas Morning News October 17, 2019
Teens are leaving the labor force, and it will hurt them down the road The Dallas Morning News September 17, 2019
Thirty years later, do we know what 'Seinfeld' was trying to tell us? The Dallas Morning News August 23, 2019
Friendship is essential to a good life. So why are we losing it? The Dallas Morning News July 25, 2019
Outsmarting ourselves The Dallas Morning News July 14, 2019
To save the humanities and restore their prestige, universities might look to prison The Dallas Morning News June 18, 2019
Notre Dame's burning should awaken us to a more eternal culture The Dallas Morning News April 18, 2019
What two new Hollywood films can teach us about education today Catholic World Report April 4, 2019
"The Princess Bride" at 30 Catholic World Report October 14, 2017
The Liberating Power of the Humanities Modern Age Summer 2017
Benedictine Monks Roll Up Their Sleeves and Relish Manual Labor National Review Online August 5, 2017
Facing Extinction, Iraqi Christians Look to America National Review Online July 28, 2017
An evening with a monk of Norcia and the author of "The Benedict Option" Catholic World Report June 12, 2017
William Peter Blatty, Between Time and Eternity National Review Online January 14, 2017
Late Bergman: The Lived Experience of the Absence of God in Faithless and Saraband MDPI Religions December 15, 2016
Pope Francis's 'Integral Ecology' National Review Online September 17, 2015
The End of the Tour, Irrational Man, and the Question of Nihilism National Review Online August 20, 2015
Cosmos, Crisis, and Thanksgiving: A Reflection on Laudato Si' The Catholic World Report June 23, 2015
Will the Real Don Draper Please Stand Up? National Review Online May 18, 2015
A Cromwell in Our Image and Likeness The Catholic World Report May 13, 2015
Through a Glass, Darkly National Review Online February 23, 2015
Is Cinema Art? Intercollegiate Review February 17, 2015
Don Draper's Inferno National Review Online May 26, 2014
The Exorcist at 40 National Review Online October 31, 2013
Real Men of West Monroe National Review Online August 24, 2013
Education nourishes the soul The Baylor Lariat April 26, 2013
Pope Francis and the Jesuits The Wall Street Journal March 14, 2013
A Heartening Oscar Crop National Review Online February 22, 2013
A Wonderful Life National Review Online November 21, 2012
The Apocalypse Is Nigh - So Laugh It Up? The Wall Street Journal June 21, 2012
If Sigmund Freud Met C.S. Lewis The Catholic World Report April 24, 2012
Oscar Surprises National Review Online February 24, 2012
Oscar Nominations: The Year of Sentimental Populism National Review Online January 24, 2012
Stanley Cavell's Philosophical Improvisations The Chronicle of Higher Education October 10, 2010
Caravaggio's Sacramental Realism The Catholic World Report August/September 2010
Ralph McInerny (1929-2010) First Things April 2010
Oscar's Parochial World First Things March 8, 2010
Children of Lesser Gods First Things March 3, 2010
Held by the Past National Review Online November 10, 2009
Who Is Don Draper? National Review Online August 21, 2009
When Art Matters National Review Online July 31, 2009
A Life of Faith and Reason National Review Online April 17, 2009
Resurrecting Films National Review Online April 9, 2009
Is it still a wonderful life? The Waco Tribune-Herald November 26, 2008
Rouault as Modernist Christian Artist National Review Online October 31, 2008
Benedict and the Universities National Review Online April 16, 2008
And the Award Goes . . . to Arty Nihilism National Review Online January 5, 2008
Mayhem, Manipulation, and Myth National Review Online December 28, 2007
Fort Worth Treasure Chest National Review Online December 7, 2007
Ivy Ideas National Review Online September 13, 2007
Artist & Artisan National Review Online August 3, 2007
The Passion of Two Filmmakers National Review Online December 21, 2006
Shocking display relies on society's morbid voyeurism The Dallas Morning News December 17, 2006
College kids get brains, no soul The Dallas Morning News August 20, 2006
Juvenile List National Review Online December 29, 2005
Violence/Desire National Review Online November 1, 2005
He Lived the Splendor of Truth National Review Online April 2, 2005
Comedy & Tragedy National Review Online March 24, 2005
60 Minutes of High Drama National Review Online February 21, 2005
2004 on Film National Review Online December 30, 2004
David Brudnoy Signs Off National Review Online December 12, 2004
Dante at Halloween National Review Online October 29, 2004
The Mafia, Misunderstood National Review Online September 29, 2004
Ugly American Basketball National Review Online August 16, 2004
Friends Is No Seinfeld National Review Online May 7, 2004
Kurosawa Kills Bill National Review Online December 29, 2003

Book Reviews

Book Title Publication Date
The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America
by Rick Wartzman
National Review Online August 31, 2017
Between Athens and Jerusalem: Philosophy, Prophecy, and Politics in Leo Strauss's Early Thought
by David Janssens
First Things April 8, 2010
The Modern Philosophical Revolution: The Luminosity of Existence
by David Walsh
First Things December 2009
The Third Revelation
by Ralph McInerny
National Review Online July 10, 2009
Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate
by Terry Eagleton
First Things Blog May 18, 2009
The Writings of Charles De Koninck, Volume 1
by Charles De Koninck
First Things February 2009
Work on Oneself: Wittgenstein's Philosophical Psychology
by Fergus Kerr
First Things January 2009
God and the Between
by William Desmond
First Things December 2008
Money for Art: The Tangled Web of Art and Politics in American Democracy
by Dana Gioia
National Review Online November 26, 2008
The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology
by Alister E. McGrath
First Things August/September 2008
Counter-Experiences: Reading Jean-Luc Marion First Things March 2008
The Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea
by Rémi Brague
First Things November 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
National Review Online July 23, 2007
A World Beyond Politics?: A Defense of the Nation-State
by Pierre Manent
First Things February 2007
Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar Nafisi
National Review Online November 3, 2006
Truth: A Guide
by Simon Blackburn
First Things November 2006
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter Miller
National Review Online October 10, 2006
Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
National Review Online June 15, 2006
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
National Review Online May 19, 2006
Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue 1913-1922
by Alasdair MacIntyre
First Things May 2006
Philosophical Myths of the Fall
by Stephen Mulhall
First Things February 2006
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy
by Susan Neiman
The Weekly Standard June 9, 2003
Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy
by Bernard Williams
The Weekly Standard April 7, 2003
The Ancients and the Moderns: Rethinking Modernity
by Stanley Rosen
The Weekly Standard November 25, 2002
Metaphysics in Ordinary Language
by Stanley Rosen
The Weekly Standard November 25, 2002
Plato's Symposium
by Stanley Rosen
The Weekly Standard November 25, 2002
The Question of Being: A Reversal of Heidegger
by Stanley Rosen
The Weekly Standard November 25, 2002
The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
by Colin McGinn
The Weekly Standard July 15, 2002
Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology
by Nicholas Wolterstorff
The Weekly Standard December 24, 2001
Warranted Christian Belief
by Alvin Plantinga
The Weekly Standard December 24, 2001

Movie Reviews

Movie Title Publication Date
A Hidden Life Catholic World Report December 30, 2019
Joker Catholic World Report October 16, 2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Catholic World Report August 30, 2019
Glass Catholic World Report January 23, 2019
T2: Trainspotting National Review Online April 1, 2017
Silence National Review Online February 25, 2017
Son of Saul National Review Online April 23, 2016
Gemma Bovery National Review Online June 25, 2015
The Gambler National Review Online December 24, 2014
Locke National Review Online May 22, 2014
Her National Review Online January 11, 2014
The Wolf of Wall Street National Review Online December 27, 2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom National Review Online December 21, 2013
12 Years a Slave National Review Online October 19, 2013
Blue Jasmine National Review Online August 16, 2013
To the Wonder National Review Online April 18, 2013
The Hobbit National Review Online December 14, 2012
The Dark Knight Rises National Review Online July 20, 2012
Blue Like Jazz The Catholic World Report May 18, 2012
Damsels in Distress National Review Online April 20, 2012
Young Adult First Things January 30, 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 National Review Online July 15, 2011
Tree of Life First Things July 5, 2011
Midnight in Paris National Review Online June 20, 2011
Of Gods and Men National Review Online March 18, 2011
The Adjustment Bureau National Review Online March 4, 2011
The Tempest First Things December 16, 2010
Avatar National Review Online April 22, 2010
Up in the Air National Review Online December 11, 2009
The Blind Side National Review Online November 25, 2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon National Review Online November 20, 2009
Paris National Review Online October 2, 2009
Fame National Review Online September 25, 2009
Bandslam National Review Online August 14, 2009
Funny People National Review Online August 7, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince National Review Online July 20, 2009
Public Enemies National Review Online July 3, 2009
Summer Hours National Review Online May 29, 2009
Terminator Salvation National Review Online May 22, 2009
Angels and Demons National Review Online May 15, 2009
Testimony: The Untold Story of Pope John Paul II National Review Online May 8, 2009
Gomorrah National Review Online March 6, 2009
Revolutionary Road National Review Online January 30, 2009
Doubt National Review Online January 16, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button National Review Online December 23, 2008
Valkyrie National Review Online December 23, 2008
A Christmas Tale National Review Online November 21, 2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired National Review Online September 19, 2008
The Miracle Worker National Review Online September 8, 2008
Elegy National Review Online September 5, 2008
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning National Review Online August 29, 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona National Review Online August 29, 2008
Tell No One National Review Online July 25, 2008
Bloodline National Review Online July 11, 2008
Hancock National Review Online July 9, 2008
Get Smart National Review Online June 20, 2008
The Happening National Review Online June 17, 2008
Kung Fu Panda National Review Online June 13, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull National Review Online May 22, 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian National Review Online May 16, 2008
101 Dalmatians National Review Online March 21, 2008
The Band's Visit National Review Online February 29, 2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles National Review Online February 22, 2008
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days National Review Online February 15, 2008
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus National Review Online February 8, 2008
Persepolis National Review Online February 1, 2008
There Will Be Blood National Review Online January 18, 2008
The Orphanage National Review Online January 11, 2008
Into Great Silence National Review Online December 21, 2007
Bee Movie National Review Online November 9, 2007
La Vie en Rose National Review Online July 30, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix National Review Online July 11, 2007
Live Free or Die Hard National Review Online July 2, 2007
Ratatouille National Review Online June 29, 2007
Angel-A National Review Online June 22, 2007
Nancy Drew National Review Online June 15, 2007
Shrek the Third National Review Online May 21, 2007
Home of the Brave National Review Online May 11, 2007
Disturbia National Review Online April 23, 2007
God Grew Tired of Us National Review Online February 22, 2007
Factory Girl National Review Online February 16, 2007
Flannel Pajamas National Review Online February 1, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth National Review Online January 22, 2007
Volver National Review Online January 12, 2007
Freedom Writers National Review Online January 5, 2007
Children of Men National Review Online January 3, 2007
Night at the Museum National Review Online December 27, 2006
Eragon National Review Online December 19, 2006
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause National Review Online November 22, 2006
Ant Bully National Review Online August 3, 2006
The Lady in the Water National Review Online July 31, 2006
Monster House National Review Online July 27, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest National Review Online July 8, 2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties National Review Online June 30, 2006
Superman Returns National Review Online June 28, 2006
Duma National Review Online March 31, 2006
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada National Review Online February 17, 2006
Match Point National Review Online January 20, 2006
Hostel National Review Online January 13, 2006
Brokeback Mountain National Review Online January 6, 2006
King Kong National Review Online December 19, 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire National Review Online November 28, 2005
To Kill a Mockingbird National Review Online October 19, 2005
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit National Review Online October 14, 2005
Corpse Bride National Review Online September 30, 2005
Cronicas National Review Online August 9, 2005
The Fantastic Four National Review Online July 15, 2005
Dark Water National Review Online July 11, 2005
Batman Begins National Review Online June 15, 2005
Howl's Moving Castle National Review Online June 10, 2005
Madagascar National Review Online May 31, 2005
The Longest Yard National Review Online May 27, 2005
Palindromes National Review Online May 16, 2005
Sin City National Review Online April 8, 2005
The Ring Two National Review Online March 18, 2005
Million Dollar Baby National Review Online February 28, 2005
The Assassination of Richard Nixon National Review Online January 21, 2005
Hotel Rwanda National Review Online January 18, 2005
White Noise National Review Online January 10, 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou National Review Online December 17, 2004
Sideways National Review Online December 13, 2004
The Machinist National Review Online December 3, 2004
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie National Review Online November 24, 2004
Bad Education National Review Online November 19, 2004
After the Sunset National Review Online November 17, 2004
The Grudge National Review Online October 22, 2004
Exorcist: The Beginning National Review Online August 27, 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie National Review Online August 20, 2004
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement National Review Online August 13, 2004
Spider-Man 2 National Review Online July 9, 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban National Review Online June 14, 2004
The Day After Tomorrow National Review Online June 1, 2004
Shrek 2 National Review Online May 25, 2004
Kill Bill Vol. 2 National Review Online April 23, 2004
Ella Enchanted National Review Online April 20, 2004
The Passion of the Christ National Review Online April 9, 2004
The Last Samurai National Review Online December 5, 2003
Haunted Mansion National Review Online December 1, 2003
Matrix Revolutions National Review Online November 10, 2003
Mystic River National Review Online November 3, 2003
Radio National Review Online October 29, 2003
Intolerable Cruelty National Review Online October 20, 2003
Luther National Review Online October 9, 2003
Lost in Translation National Review Online October 3, 2003
The Lord of the Rings National Review Online February 3, 2002
Session 9 National Review Online August 25, 2001

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