Luke Foster

Exodusby thomas joseph white, o.p.brazos, 336 pages, $32.99 In days past, to study Scripture was to study the tradition of its reception. The sacred text was read with the Fathers of the Church, accompanied by commentaries and catenae, with frequent glosses explaining the meaning of difficult . . . . Continue Reading »

Millions went to the polls last Wednesday in the small Southern African nation of Zimbabwe in a general election that pits the incumbent, Robert Mugabe, against a divided opposition. Mugabe has held power since 1980, and, at 89, he shows no signs of yielding it. As David Coltart, member of the opposition and Minister of Education, Sport, and Culture, urged his supporters last Tuesday night… . Continue Reading »

New York City election headlines have been dominated by the bizarre escapades of the lecherous Anthony Weiner or the suave front-running of Christine Quinn. Social conservatives in the Big Apple can easily feel depressed by the City’s self-satisfaction with libertinism. Registered Democrats . . . . Continue Reading »

In his  On the Square this morning , Russell E. Saltzman reports on a curious proposal in Utah: Utah state senator Aaron Osmond has proposed eliminating compulsory public school education. He is a member of the senate’s education appropriations committee. Critics suggest—among other . . . . Continue Reading »

In a follow-up to last week’s piece on America’s international efforts for religious freedom, George Weigel lays out some of the reasons for Washington’s placidity while religious minorities suffer in Egypt, Nigeria, China, Indonesia, and around the world: Lack of strategic . . . . Continue Reading »

In this morning’s  On the Square , Andrew Doran reminds us of the tribulations the Russian people have suffered in the past century. In 1914, at the outbreak of World War I, seems incomprehensibly remote: “The entire twentieth century,” Solzhenitsyn observed in his  1983 . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friends at the Thomistic Institute are proud to announce a series of six lectures at the Catholic Center at New York University, themed around the Catholic faith’s intersection with the arts. Running from September to February, the lecture series will host scholars, pastors, and writers. . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s  On the Square , Keith Riler debunks the notion that abortion saves money: The birth of anyone, poor or not, will yield substantial economic benefit. Specifically, in Texas the $11,000 Medicaid-birth cost will on average return $430,000, or thirty-nine times the investment, in . . . . Continue Reading »

In this morning’s column , Elizabeth Scalia gives the context for Pope Francis’ recent statements regarding homosexuality: On the return to Rome, the Holy Father—perhaps feeling energized by a spectacularly successful event that saw an estimated three million souls gather for Mass . . . . Continue Reading »

In his  Monday  On the Square , Timothy George takes square aim at those who would sanitize biblical language about the holy anger of the world’s judge: ” Sin ,  judgment ,  cross , even  Christ  have become problematic terms in much contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »