Jack the Ripper was an amateur compared with abortionist Kermit Gosnell. The Ripper of 19th-century fame was feared and widely condemned while Gosnell was protected by powerful politicians, including...

In 1988 Makoto Fujimura, a Japanese-American artist, had just been baptized at a church in Japan. He was 27 at the time and working on paintings as a scholar at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In...

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Defenders of the Unborn (Oxford, 2016) by Daniel K. Williams sympathetically summarizes the development of the pro-life movement from the 1930s to the 1970s. Williams shows that pro-lifers were as...

In 2016, the “autobiography soundtrack” gathered momentum as a medium by which record companies repackage and sell old rock ’n’ roll to aging audiences that still prefer buying to streaming. ...

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In its second season premiering on Jan. 16, National Geographic’s The Story of God continues to offer a diverting, if superficial, look at how various aspects of world religions intersect. However,...

You can’t discount the achievements of Denzel Washington’s new film adaptation of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize–winning play, Fences. He and co-star Viola Davis give performances for the ages (or, at least...

Women are complicated—so complicated that there are books and films and music dedicated to navigating the intricate tangles of the female psyche. 20th Century Women (rated a well-deserved R for sexual...