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B. D. McClay is a junior fellow at First Things.

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Why You Shouldn’t Eat Dogs

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Recently, fellow junior fellow Tristyn K. Bloom got into an argument on Twitter about eating dogs. She is pro-equality, as I understand it: we eat non-humans, dogs are not-human, therefore, it is not wrong to eat a dog. QED. Go forth ye and eat a dog. It’s a position many people . . . . Continue Reading »

The Strong Arm of Justice

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John D. Carlson talks about just war in today’s On the Square ; a just war, he argues, is not separate from the idea of punishment: The United States and many other nations have forgotten if not deliberately abandoned the idea of using military force to punish—just as Americans and many . . . . Continue Reading »

Consider the Calvinists, What They Know

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Calvinists get a bad rap, but how many of the critics really understand him? James R. Rogers points out how few of us read the Institutes or bother to think seriously about Calvin in today’s On the Square . Instead, we rely on easy stereotypes: Some of the answer certainly derives from . . . . Continue Reading »

Developments in Ireland

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In today’s On the Square , James D. Conley is also interested in moral courage: Increasingly, Catholics are told that if they cannot conform to secular morality, they should leave the secular sphere. That Catholic hospitals must compromise, or be exiled. But we cannot abandon our flocks. Like . . . . Continue Reading »

Quidquid Latine Dictum Sit Altum Videtur

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The Church of Our Saviour has stopped offering the Tridentine Mass. Nicholas Frankovich comments on its passing in today’s On the Square : Mass according to the 1962 missal demands a knowledge of the Latin texts and of some fairly intricate rubrics. It requires training that most priests now . . . . Continue Reading »

Travels with Weigel

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In today’s On the Square , George Weigel is still making the rounds in Eastern Europe. He considers a memorial to the fallen in Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses, and the greater battle for freedom (and faith) that memorial has come to symbolize: That struggle was led by some remarkable men and . . . . Continue Reading »