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Nothing to Celebrate

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The rites surrounding Justice Antonin Scalia's death offer a sober contrast to the childish superficiality of this present age. Continue Reading »

23 Feb 2016

The Revolution Eats One of Its Own Midwives

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Veteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell finds himself on the receiving end of the world he unwittingly helped to create. Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2016

Speedos or Shorts? Bikinis or Bathing Suits?

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The world that Reich built does not simply want to revise concepts of sexual decorum; It wants to eradicate them.
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9 Feb 2016

Newman, Scruton, and the Politics of Mumbo Jumbo

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There's more to mumbo jumbo than the fact it does not actually say anything. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2016

South Park, First Things, and the Need for a ‘Safe' Place

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Why First Things is needed — and worthy of your support. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2015

When You Unchain the Earth from the Sun

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In which I both challenge the trans community to face up to the implications of their own logic and, in honor of the season of goodwill, selflessly offer the New Left a helping hand by coining a term for a novel and pernicious form of oppression. 
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14 Dec 2015

Is There a Crisis in Conservative Protestantism?

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If Ross Douthat is right about a crisis in conservative Catholicism, what is the equivalent in conservative Protestantism?  A lethal cocktail of sharp practice, kitsch, and superficiality, perhaps?
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9 Dec 2015

Not So Sanguine

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Even if the sexual revolution is ultimately unsustainable, it does not mean that we will see a return to traditional sexual morality. Continue Reading »

3 Dec 2015

Naught for our Comfort

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New statistics from Pew are most discouraging, and most predictable. Continue Reading »

4 Nov 2015

A Cheer for Greer (with a little help from Geoffrey and John)

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When Germaine Greer is an object of protest for being too conservative, we are all in trouble. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2015
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