Our Summer issue: Searching for the Soul of America, drops tomorrow! Subscribe here to get a copy: subscribe.plough.com/flex/PP… About this issue: America may not be the shining “city on a hill.” Yet despite its foibles and crimes, it’s a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, a country that brings together many peoples and seeks, at its best, to make them one. For this, it deserves our gratitude and love. In this issue of Plough marking the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, our contributors celebrate that complicated legacy and enduring promise.

“When you can’t see a way forward for yourself or for the world, what you need is a sense that something new can happen, and that another life is possible.” -Ploughstack & Alan Koppschall @koppsch_a @Plough @byronborger @iamfujimura @HaejinMako @EmbersInternat1 @NelsonBooks @pauljpastor @bethfelkerjones @malcolmguite

The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney

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CHOOSE SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆 @ScotlandNT @LewisCapaldi

The Spurs know how to TAKE the lead, they just don't know how to HOLD the lead. And that's really the most important part of the lead: the holding

Comunicado Oficial: el papa León XIV, socio de honor del Real Madrid.

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What happens when you ask the right question... @Pontifex @realmadrid 📸 David S. Bustamante y Helios de la Rubia 📹 @eliseannallen

🎖🎶 Congratulations to James MacMillan, appointed by the King to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle represents the highest honour in Scotland, and has a complement of 16 Knights and Ladies (KT).

"For there's nothing as powerful or as great As when a husband & wife, united by oneness of mind in their thinking, Keep their home together—a great bane to their enemies, A blessing to their friends, & their renown is on everyone's lips.” Odysseus' great praise of marriage.

“The remarkable record of a long, faithful, creative life, Wendell Berry’s collected Sabbath poems span over forty-four years, from 1979–2023. These poems are a record of Berry’s Sunday morning habit, walking his small hillside farm in Kentucky, and, if inspiration strikes, writing a poem about his thoughts.” —Anne Ryan plough.com/en/topics/culture…

🤍 El Papa es del Real Madrid. ¡Bienvenido, León XIV!

🚨 Pope Leo has chosen his side in El Clásico! 🚨 Real Madrid vs Barça? “That’s easy… the Pope is for all teams, but Prevost is Real Madrid.” — Pope Leo XIV has spoken ⚪🔥 Hala Madrid from the Vatican 🙏

The first people to greet the Pope upon his arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport were children with special needs. In a deeply moving moment, the Pope embraced them and spoke with them and their families. This is how Spain welcomes the first papal visit in 15 years.

“I asked chatgpt” “I asked grok” well I asked the oracle at Delphi and she said Socrates is the wisest man in all of Athens

Absolutely fantastic news! Many congratulations to @MontseEWTN!

It makes sense that a Christo-centric Pope would pick such a Christo-centric comms director.

MY NEW ESSAY ON MODERNITY lawliberty.org/forum/moderni…

Gina Dalfonzo on good books by bad people: "We can lament the times when [Charles Dickens] failed to show those qualities in his life, but to deprive ourselves of them in his work would be to impoverish ourselves." plough.com/en/topics/culture…