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  1. Anthony Esolen

Moral Minority

by Patrick J. Deneen

Published within months of each other, three books share the belief that traditional Christians are now a moral . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2017

In Praise of the “New Alarmism”

by Charles J. Chaput

When they suggest that something’s gone seriously wrong with our nation’s culture, and further suggest what American Christians might need to do about it, Dreher and Esolen have plenty of persuasive company. Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2017

A Cheap Shot on Chaput, Esolen, Dreher

by Mark Bauerlein

James K. A. Smith's attack on the so-called “new alarmism” is unfair and uncivil. Continue Reading »

14 Mar 2017

The Persecution of Professor Esolen

by George Weigel

Anthony Esolen stands firmly in that great Catholic tradition of liberal learning. A college whose leadership is committed to that tradition would celebrate his contributions—it wouldn’t coddle his persecutors. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2016

The Past is a Foreign Country

by Carl R. Trueman

Tony Esolen's love of poetry reminds me of my own love of history, and of why both are important. Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2016

Childhood, Guardian-Style

by Carl R. Trueman

An article in The Guardian inadvertently indicates that the problems of our current political culture are deeply embedded in patterns of modern parenting. Continue Reading »

4 Nov 2016

Whose hate? Which victims?

by Carl R. Trueman

Does hate have limits? Sadly, yes, it does. Continue Reading »

9 Aug 2016

The Rise of the Anti-Culture

by Carl R. Trueman

The Culture War is over. Culture is dead, the coup de grace inflicted by an Unholy Trinity. Now begins the Age of the Anti-Culture. Continue Reading »

4 May 2016
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