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The Federalist, as he welcomes  Sohrab Ahmari, Op-Ed Editor at the New York Post and the author of the  Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos. In this conversation, Ahmari discusses how the birth of his son, and the martyrdom of Catholic Saint Maximilian Kolbe inspired his latest book,  his conversion to Catholicism, the writings of C.S. Lewis, and more. Follow Ben on Twitter:

4 . 30 . 21 A taxi arrives at a desert retreat center, bearing a young woman with a surgical mask around her neck. As the car rolls past the gate and into the compound, an old woman runs out of a white structure and screams, “Stop! Stop! Go back!” She’s covering her mouth, in fear of some unseen, airborne danger: “You’re contaminating this entire area!” The woman in the taxi urges her driver to stop; she, too, it seems, shares the same horror of contamination, of social distancing v...

By Cathy Lynn Grossman | Dec 11, 2020 Most titles slated for publication in 2021 were written before the Covid-19 pandemic, the divisive presidential election, and the traumas that brought more urgency than ever to racial and social justice issues in 2020. Yet their authors address faith, family, and society in ways that are relevant in any year. They can even point toward joy. It’s not a superficial “ephemeral, cliché-ridden kind of joy,” says David Bratt, executive edi...