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Suffering Poorly

Peter Blair

I am glad you feel you are โ€˜standing stillโ€™ in your spiritual life. I should be still better pleased if you felt you were losing ground! Whatever makes for...

Distributism is not Agrarianism

Peter Blair

I believe Br. Gregory Pineโ€™s piece, โ€œWhy Is Distributism So Intolerable?โ€, was meant to be a defense of distributism—but it is exactly the kind of defense that has made...

Will the Popeโ€™s Credibility Carry?

Peter Blair

What does it mean that the Atlantic and Matthew Yglesias’ Moneybox blog both ran appreciative posts today about Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation, or that the Daily Caller published...

Culture Before Politics

Peter Blair

In his recent book Bad Religion , New York Times columnist Ross Douthat argues that, while political engagement is an essential part of the Christian presence in the world,...