Chronicles Magazine Letters

The Broken Promise of American Cities

Pedro L. Gonzalez - AUGUST 01, 2019

There is a saying used in California when the going gets tough: “At least we have the weather.” No matter how expensive, dangerous, unclean, and generally inhospitable the state’s cities become, “at least we have the weather,” Californians say,...

Correspondence

'Brazilian Trump' Rides Wave of Low Expectations
Emma Elliott Freire - JUNE 14, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro’s election to the presidency of Brazil last year provoked a media meltdown similar to Donald Trump’s victory in 2016.
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Correspondence

Farage’s European Victory Upends British Politics
Nicholas Farrell - JUNE 14, 2019
When the 751 Members of the new European Parliament (MEPs) gather in the French city of Strasbourg on July 2, the largest national group present in all the EU will be the MEPs of Britain’s new Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage.
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Correspondence

Notre Dame and the Lost ‘Means of Culture’
Nicholas Farrell - MAY 17, 2019
The fire that gutted Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during Holy Week was no doubt caused by nothing more banal than negligent builders doing restoration work on the roof. Nevertheless it compelled all of us to search for a deeper explanation.
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Correspondence

Covington Catholic and the Hour of Decision
John C. Roach - MAY 17, 2019
Except for my time in college and a few years living in Washington, D.C., I have spent my entire life in Central Kentucky. I live less than 90 miles from Covington Catholic High School, and like most Kentuckians, I was familiar with the school ...
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Correspondence

Migrant Dreams and Nightmares
Emma Elliott Freire - MARCH 07, 2019
On Thursday January 17, news broke in the Netherlands that a Dutch journalist had been expelled from Turkey. Ans Boersma, 31, had been detained the day before in Istanbul when she applied to renew her residence visa.
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Correspondence

Culture Wars!
Nicholas Farrell - MARCH 07, 2019
The bitter war of words that has taken place the best part of this past year between France and Italy culminated in the French government taking the extraordinary step of withdrawing its ambassador to Rome in February.
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Chronicles Magazine Letters

The Broken Promise of American Cities

'Brazilian Trump' Rides Wave of Low Expectations

Farage’s European Victory Upends British Politics

Notre Dame and the Lost ‘Means of Culture’

Covington Catholic and the Hour of Decision

Migrant Dreams and Nightmares

Culture Wars!

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