In Passing

Pope Benedict XVI

Generations of the future will look back at our time and marvel.…

About the Author: Michael Kirke

Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (www.garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.

War on Christmas

“But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what…

About the Author: Michael Kirke

“Resurrection”

Leo Tolstoy was a strange and tortured soul. Yet it would be…

About the Author: Michael Kirke

Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (www.garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.

Liberalism and its Discontents

“The society that offered my sisters protection, threw my daughters to the…

About the Author: Michael Kirke

Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (www.garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.

On the peril and the glory of ambiguity

Graham Greene was a complicated man – and his novels were no…

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Jerusalem’s Grandeur

Simon Sebag Montefiore calls his moving account of Jerusalem, past and present,…

About the Author: Michael Kirke

Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.