The Editors

In his latest On the Square column, R.R. Reno discusses the crisis of government : The brinksmanship in Washington over the federal debt ceiling caused me to think about our current difficulties. By and large liberals see in the present crisis images of dolorous unemployment lines and want more . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman reflects on the dominion of nature in his own backyard: Our back yard is slightly larger than a postage stamp, covered with seven trees, located square in an urban subdivision. This little domestic forest over the years has been home to . . . . Continue Reading »

Today On the Square, Matthew Hennessey writes on “Down Syndrome and the Purpose of Prenatal Testing” : I view the drive to eradicate Down syndrome through abortion as a threat to my daughter’s health and well-being. As the prevalence of Down syndrome declines, so too will research . . . . Continue Reading »

Today in our first feature article, Peter Leithart addresses his fellow evangelicals on Torah and social justice: Until recently, few evangelicals had much to say about “social justice.” Leftish evangelicals like Ron Sider, Jim Wallis, and Tony Campolo, along with Evangelicals for Social . . . . Continue Reading »

In his On the Square column , Joe Carter discusses how moderate pro-choicers can determine the relative value of fetal life: Polling shows that they think the percentage of abortion should neither be 0% nor 100% of its current rate. But what percentage do they think it should be? And how should . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s On the Square feature , William L. Saunders defends Archbishop Charles Chaput against his critics: Considering the subtitle of Michael Sean Winters’ attack upon the newly selected Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, to wit, “The problem with Culture Warrior . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s On the Square feature , Gabriel Torretta uses an example from Shakespeare to show what happens when the state tries to be church for its people: “Law is framed as a rule or measure of human acts,” says Thomas Aquinas, and “different things are measured by different . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Lutheran pastor Russell E. Saltzman shares stories of comforting the dying: I have been called to numerous death beds, and I would like to say I have learned many things about the dignity of Christian death, but I cannot say so. Death is an indignity of the . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest column, Joe Carter looks at the current state of our polygamous future : In an interview on the science in science fiction, novelist William Gibson noted, “[T]he future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” What Gibson meant was that the innovations . . . . Continue Reading »

• We should keep only the smart ones. So says Oxford ethicist Julian Savulescu, who recently declared that we will have a “moral obligation” to reproduce via in vitro fertilization and screen the resulting embryos for intelligence as soon as it becomes technologically possible to do . . . . Continue Reading »