The progressive imagination envisions a limitless future. Karl Marx thought that modern industrial production marked a new epoch in human history. Amid explosive growth during the industrial revolution, he thought we were on the cusp of material abundance. Marx argued that if we rejected the . . . . Continue Reading »
A law forcing Jews to attend Mass or Protestants to keep kosher would be imposing religion on others. Pro-life laws do no such thing. Continue Reading »
What the Church needs more than anything else is holiness. The renewal of the Church is not finally an issue of structures. It’s an issue of faith. Continue Reading »
Distorting the things of God for political purposes is yet another tactic in the creation of an alternative reality, as both Patriarch Kirill and an Episcopal priest have demonstrated. Continue Reading »
In 2022, SNL’s sword of comedy only cuts one way, and its blade is far from razor-sharp. Abortion is simply too important to them to be a laughing matter. Continue Reading »
While threats to disrupt worship en masse and even burn the sacramental elements seem to be overblown so far, the backlash against religion is surely a sign of the times. Continue Reading »
The Court can either invalidate Mississippi’s law under Casey and Roe, or consign them to the ash heap of history. Continue Reading »
After the Dobbs leak, justices will feel less secure about the confidentiality of their deliberations and think twice about what they put in drafts. The work of the Court will inevitably suffer. Continue Reading »
A leak of this magnitude is an effort to subvert the Court’s procedure and norms, and a far greater threat to republican governance than anything carried out by the Trump administration. Continue Reading »
There are two facts of my life that my grandchildren used to tell their friends with pride. One is that in the year 2000, as part of my application to become a Canadian citizen, I secured a letter from the sheriff of Henrico County, Virginia, attesting that I did not have a criminal record. My . . . . Continue Reading »
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