Analysis

Russia, Ukraine, and moral reckoning

January 26, 2022 George Weigel 33

There have been vast improvements in the techniques and technology of filmmaking since 1961, when Stanley Kramer made Judgment at Nuremberg. But it’s difficult to imagine any cast today improving on the extraordinary performances of […]

The Dispatch

Who invented the individual?

January 12, 2022 George Weigel 9

A common misconception holds that early “modernity” invented the “individual”: the idea that everyone is a someone with a unique identity independent of family, tribe, racial group, or nation. And from that idea of individuality, […]

The Dispatch

No optimism, much hope

January 5, 2022 George Weigel 17

While history is always full of surprises, including happy ones, I must confess that I’m not full of Pentecostal joy as I consider the next 12 months. World politics are likely to be grim. The […]

Essay

The sacred earthiness of Christmas

December 22, 2021 George Weigel 16

ROME. A massive, 16-volume Lives of the Saints, first published between 1872 and 1877, informs me that, here in the Eternal City, the feast of Christmas first became a celebration distinct from the ancient feast […]

The Dispatch

Books for Christmas 2021

December 1, 2021 George Weigel 1

Some suggestions for Christmas giving, in the form of books that amuse, inspire, educate or all-of-the-above: Prison Journal, Volume 3 – The High Court Frees an Innocent Man, by Cardinal George Pell (Ignatius Press). The […]