Editors

Pope Francis Wants to Roll Back Progress. Is the World Ready?
Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post  

The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment
Maria Konnikova, New Yorker

Treasure in Heaven
Peter Brown, Lapham's Quarterly

Ditch the Summer Reading List
Stephanie Cohen, Acculturated

The Trouble with Gay Marriage
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked!
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Ran 7,000 Miles. Putin Still Got Them
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast

Witless Ape Rides Escalator
Kevin D. Williamson, National Review

The End of the Sex Abuse Crisis
Ross Douthat, New York Times

Benedict Option Baptists
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

Daily Cartoon
Christopher Weyant, The New Yorker

Pope Francis Wants to Roll Back Modernity: Is the World Ready?
Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post

“Everybody Worships”
Alissa Wilkinson, Books and Culture

The State of the American Mind: Anti-intellectualism in America more than 25 years after Allan Bloom. 
Book Forum, American Enterprise Institute

Why the Pope's New Climate-Change Doctrine Matters
Emma Green, The Atlantic

The Only Path to Societal Renewal
Dan McConchie, The Gospel Coalition

The Complexity of Being Richard Nixon
Evan Thomas, The Atlantic

Why Is Obama Abandoning 70 Years of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy?
Matthew Kroenig, Tablet

Millenials' Parents Can't Stop Meddling
Jennifer Senior, New York Magazine

Why Bloggers Are Calling it Quits
Amy Julia Becker, Christianity Today

The Brutal Dictatorship the World Keeps Ignoring
Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Waterloo and Wisdom
Terrance W. Klein, America

Writers Choose Their Favorite Words
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker

Why Bonhoeffer Made the Sign of the Cross
Joel J. Miller, Ancient Faith

For a recent Thomist fest, I was required to read Lawrence Dewan, O.P.’s essay “The Important of Substance.” It’s a rich piece. His comparison between today’s pop-physicist-philosophers is particularly compelling, and his prescription seems right. Continue Reading »

Do Not Speak Well of Randianism
David Mills, Ethika Politika

Civil Servants Have Rights Too. Government Should Respect Them.
Ryan T. Anderson, Daily Signal

The Godfather of Clickbait
John Cassidy, New Yorker

Are Conservatives Losing the Future?
Peter Wehner, Commentary

Democrats Shouldn't Endorse Suicide
Dr. Ira Byock, Politico

What John Milton and a Theme Park Can Teach You About Childhood
Anthony Esolen, Intercollegiate Review

Siberia's Surprisingly Australian Past
Helen Andrews, Quadrant

Calvin and Hobbes Embodied the Voice of a Lonely Child
Libby Hill, A.V. Club

Explainer: The Supreme Court's Ruling in the Abercrombie Hijab Case
Joe Carter, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

Why Christian Denominations Aren't Going Away
Trevin Wax, Religion News

The Gospel According To the ‘Nones'
Elizabeth Drescher, America

Has Preaching Changed Since the Early Church?
Peter Sanlon, 9Marks.org

Choosing a Path in the World
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

New Churches, Old Europe
Philip Jenkins, Christian Century

Formed by War
Annalaura Montgomery Chuang, Christianity Today

Love & Mercy: A Refreshing Biopic on Brian Wilson
Wes Jakacki, Books and Culture