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  1. Public Life

Cyber Self-Harm

by Aaron Kheriaty

The widespread practice of digital self-harm reveals sad truths about our culture of victimhood.  Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2018

Mac Donald, Peterson,
Paglia . . . the New Sources

by Mark Bauerlein

In an era of fake news, Americans are increasingly turning to anti-Establishment commentators.  Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2018

Ireland’s Constitutional Crisis

by John Waters

Ireland's upcoming referendum on abortion marks an unprecedented moment in human history. Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2018

Remembering Zion

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Memory is often a powerful means of awakening the religious sense. Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2018

Looking Down syndrome
in the Face

by J. D. Flynn

Some abortion activists want to ban pro-life ads featuring children with Down syndrome.  Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2018

Homage to Don Briel

by George Weigel

Don J. Briel has devoted his life to enlivening Catholic higher education and converting young minds, hearts, and souls to the truth of Christ.  Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2018

Why the Pro-Life Movement Will Live Long, and Prosper

by Mary Eberstadt

The logic of Roe is so quintessentially unnatural that the human heart will continue to overrule it, both inside the churchgoing flock and out. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2018

The Link Between Contraception and Abortion

by Michael Pakaluk

The fruit of contraception is abortion; we should stop insisting that the two are separable.  Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2018

St. Charles Darwin

by Charlotte Allen

A. N. Wilson's biography of Charles Darwin freely criticizes the scientist and his theories—and committed evolutionists are enraged.  Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2018

Purity and Prejudice

by Samuel D. James

At the heart of the #MeToo moment is the dawning awareness of just how unfair revolutionary sex can be. Continue Reading »

19 Jan 2018
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