Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: Philip Van Doren Stern
    -ESSAY: It’s a Wonderful (Falling Apart) Life: In the disrepair of our everyday world are suggestions of life’s burdens and consolationsb (Ben Slote | December 19, 2025, American Scholar)
    -ESSAY: Premiere of a Christmas Classic It’s a Wonderful Life had its first screening on 20 December 1946 (Mathew Lyons, 12 December 2022, History Today)
    -REVIEW ESSAY: It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?: The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances (Alexander Larman, 12/21/20, The Critic)
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    -ESSAY:George Bailey’s America (JACK BUTLER, January 6, 2022, National Review)
    -ESSAY: Is It Really A Wonderful Life?: George Bailey's Dark Side (Patrick J. Deneen, December 19, 1997, Commonweal)
    -ESSAY: Christmas With Capra: Classic Films for Our Troubled Times (Louis Markos, December 14th, 2021, Imaginative Conservative)
    -ESSAY: George Bailey Is A Localist Hero: Heroes aren't perfect, but they always save their towns—and, most importantly, the people who live in them. (Carmel Richardson, 12/24/21, American Conservative))
    -ESSAY:: It’s A Wonderful Life: Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie. (Becky Lee Meadows, December 2024, Philosophy Now)
    -PODCAST: Cloy to the world: 'It's A Wonderful Life' revisited (Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Candice Lim, Jessica Reedy, 12/12/24, NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour)
    -PROFILE: Karolyn Grimes looks back on her role as Zuzu in It’s a Wonderful Life: Life wasn’t always wonderful for her, but she has a gripping Hollywood tale to tell (Christopher Sandford, December 12, 2024, The Spectator)
    -ESSAY: It’s a Wonderful Film — Yes, the Best Ever (Paul G. Kengor, 12/23/23, Faith & Freedom)
    -ESSAY: A Wonderful Life — Visiting Jimmy Stewart’s Life and Museum (David J. Ayers, 1/03/23, Faith & Freedom)
    -VIDEO: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 2025: Frank Capra & the American Classic (Dr. Paul Kengor, Apr 22, 2025, Institutute for Faith & Freedom)
    -ESSAY: Amadeo Giannini: The Real George Bailey (Richard Kocur, 12/23. 25, Faith & Freedom)
    -ESSAY: WTF Is This Version of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’?: We still can't get over that an oddly abridged version of the film actually exists. (Germain Lussier, December 24, 2025, Gizmodo)
    -ESSAY: Capra, Dickens, and Milton on Christmas Redemption (Hunter Tice, 12/19/25, Christ & Culture)