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In Memoriam: Albert Finney

February 14, 2019 Titus Techera 11

Albert Finney has died. He was one of the last great mid-century character actors, nominated for five Oscars—he was wonderful almost every time he appeared on screen and he had the good luck of becoming […]

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The ever-present totalitarian temptation

February 13, 2019 George Weigel 6

First circulated underground in communist Czechoslovakia in October 1978, Vaclav Havel’s brilliant dissection of totalitarianism, “The Power of the Powerless,” retains its salience four decades later. It should be required reading for politicians given to […]

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The Scandal and the Lampstand

February 10, 2019 John F. Kippley 10

The priestly sex-abuse scandal has had so much publicity that it’s hard to imagine what more can be said. But what’s amazing to me is that almost nothing has been said about the relationship of […]