Cheerful Confidence for an Angry Age

Longtime readers of my column know I owe a debt to G. K. Chesterton, the author I discovered by way of C. S. Lewis 15 years ago and whom I immediately sensed would become a lifelong friend and teacher. My annotated guide to his classic work of apologetics, Orthodoxy, is a small token of my gratitude, offered in hopes that others might benefit from the man’s brilliance.But what draws me to Chesterton isn’t just the dazzling intellect or the one-liners so instantly quotable they feel like they wer