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The final essay in Roger Scruton’s “Gentle Regrets” is a magnificent meditation called “Regaining My Religion.” In it, Scruton talks about why he returned to the faith (he’s an Anglican), and what our secular age means. “The loss of faith may begin as an intellectual loss. But it does not end there,” he writes. And…

Here is the text of Pope Benedict’s letter to the Catholic Church in Ireland. There are plenty of very strong words in it, and a level of detail and directness that is incomparably better than the vague euphemisms Benedict’s predecessor used to talk about the scandal, when he bothered to talk about it at all.…

I love the smell of used bookstores. The aroma of yellowing print and flaking glue in the binding is so comforting to me. In the old days, I used to visit them far more frequently, in part because I was on a grail quest. The idea fixed in my head was that the answer —…

I’ve been thinking today about the things I heard at the Phillip Blond event, and hope to post a response sometime tomorrow. I want to say, though, that while in Washington, I bought a (startlingly expensive paperback) book of Roger Scruton’s personal essays called “Gentle Regrets.” It’s wonderful, really and truly, and a treasure. I…
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