The Still-Acceptable Prejudice

by Charlotte Allen

Amy Coney Barrett won her nomination to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—despite claims that she was too Catholic to be able to apply the law properly.  Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2017

John Podesta, Son of the Church

by Matthew J. Franck

In his Washington Post column today, E.J. Dionne (about whom I have written in these pages before, here and here) tries to pooh-pooh the eruption that ensued when WikiLeaks revealed emails sent back and forth by Clinton campaign personnel, including the Catholics John Podesta and Jennifer Palmieri. . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2016

About those Unthinking, Backwards Catholics

by Charles J. Chaput

Clinton’s entourage are actively strategizing how to shape Catholicism not to be Catholic or consistent with Jesus’s teachings, but to be the “religion” they want. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2016

Scotland on the Eve of the Referendum

by John Haldane

On September 18, over four million Scottish residents will have the opportunity to answer the question, “Should Scotland be an Independent Country?” If the majority vote yes, this will initiate a process leading to independence

5 Sep 2014

The Fifties Without Soul

by Thomas Sieger Derr

This is not a book review, it’s a complaint.I have been reading—and, I confess, enormously enjoying—David Halberstam’s The Fifties (Villard), yet another of his blockbuster best-sellers. It’s great nostalgia, wonderfully evocative, and above all, about my generation. Like . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1994