L’homme n’est qu’un roseau, le plus faible de la nature, mais c’est un roseau pensant. [Man is a reed, the feeblest thing in nature. But a reed that can think.] –Pascal Fourteen years ago, I commented ...

The Catholic journalist’s new book updates Pascal’s wager for our secular-yet-spooky age. Something is happening. Christianity is having a moment. Our culture is shifting. Whether this change will be ...

Blaise Pascal really was a gambler—at least when he was young. His highly devout parents, according to Antoine Compagnon in his short book “A Summer With Pascal,” were a bit worried when their ...