Too many of us are attracted to a “spatial” life because we can control spaces and stop them from changing. But time, even when managed, is always beyond our control. In his new book, James K. A. Smith seeks to reorient us to the reality of human life as temporal.

In a 50-year career as a columnist, Mary McGrory wrote some of the most prescient political journalism around—including for America.

John T. Noonan, a consummate polymath, was perhaps one of the most lauded, influential and recognizable Catholics engaged in the public square in the last 50 years.

The characters of Kirstin Valdez Quade's stories often find grace to be just out of reach—but they still pursue it.

David Henkin explores the history and development of the week as a unit of time—the only one that has no basis in astronomical rhythms.

David McPherson's new book on the importance of placing limitations on our ambitions and desires touches on existential, political, moral and economic questions.