The Unraveling of Law
by Douglas FarrowIntroducing an essay on the evacuation of the body from law. Continue Reading »
CPAC’s Pro-Life Panel
by Michael J. NewOn Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issues. It was moderated by Julie Hocker of the American Conservative Union Foundation. Panelists included Congressional candidate Lenny McAllister, abortion survivor and pro-life activist Gianna . . . . Continue Reading »
Forty-Three Years After Roe, Hope is Alive
by Robert P. GeorgeI just noticed that the little reflection I wrote on the anniversary of the tragedy of Roe v. Wade has been shared more times than anything else I've ever posted. I am grateful to everyone who shared it. The abortion license is continuing to gnaw at the conscience of our nation, as the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Right Side of History
by David T. KoyzisOne generation's progress may fall victim to the next generation's very different agenda. If there is a lesson to be taken from this, it is that history is not, after all, a singular progressive movement along some grand Hegelian trajectory. Continue Reading »
Olivia Pope and the Virgin Mary
by Anna PfaffIt is Christmas Eve, and Olivia Pope, star of the ABC melodrama Scandal is about to get an abortion. In an episode that aired Thursday night, she lays in the operating bed while the music of “Silent Night” plays. We watch her face run through the emotions of anxiety, uncertainty, and pain while . . . . Continue Reading »
Naught for our Comfort
by Carl R. TruemanNew statistics from Pew are most discouraging, and most predictable. Continue Reading »
This is Your Wake-Up Call
by Betsy Childs HowardThis is not the first time that a needed wake-up call has been delivered by a gruesome mailing. Continue Reading »
What Francis Said—And Didn't Say—To Congress
by R. R. RenoIt was a modest speech, one generous to the American experience but lacking in the sharpness this pontiff is sometimes capable of. The repeated use of the term “dialogue” was irritating. It's a buzzword among today's technocrats. They use it as a softening word, one that signals that . . . . Continue Reading »
A Response to Janet Smith's “Benign Reading” of Paragraph 137
by David S. CrawfordOn September 10, we published “An Appeal,” endorsed by a long list of fellow scholars. The Appeal sharply criticized paragraph 137 of the Instrumentum laboris for the upcoming Synod on the family. In her “A Benign Reading of a Confusing Paragraph,” Janet Smith offered a thoughtful . . . . Continue Reading »
Fiorina Was Right
by Glenn T. StantonOne of the biggest moments in this second GOP debate was Carly Fiorina deftly taking control of the exchange and pointing it toward the macabre activities at Planned Parenthood—and how the top two leaders of the Democratic party are quite content to defend Planned Parenthood and let them go about . . . . Continue Reading »
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