Theology Matters

by Yitzchok Adlerstein and Gerald McDermott

When misused, theology can spell the difference between life and death.  Continue Reading »

9 May 2019

Our Dreyfus Case

by George Weigel

The conviction of Cardinal George Pell on charges of “historic sexual abuse” is this generation’s Dreyfus Affair. Continue Reading »

6 Mar 2019

In Defense of Sir Roger

by David P. Goldman

It seems odd that Scruton’s four-year-old speech should now cause controversy. Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2018

Anti-Semitism and the Rise of Rage

by R. R. Reno

Let us link arms as Christians and Jews, bearing witness in our loyalty to each other, a loyalty that does not deny our profound theological differences, but holds forth the possibility of unity in our divided country. Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2018

The Real Modern Anti-Semitism

by David P. Goldman

To say that Viktor Orban is anti-Semitic is outrageously wrong. Continue Reading »

6 Jul 2018

BDS Has Failed

by Eugene Korn

I am a rabbi who is often asked how to improve Christian relations with Jews. I’m grateful that so many are concerned with continuing the positive changes of the recent generation. But I also follow the ups and downs of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign, which since 2004, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

The Appomattox Compromise

by Shalom Carmy

On a “what if” radio program sixty years ago, I heard the newly inaugurated President Lincoln persuade Robert E. Lee that his loyalty to the United States Army should outweigh his allegiance to the state of Virginia. In short order, Lee quells the rebellion; in 1868 he is elected to succeed . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2017

Nat Hentoff: One of a Kind

by William Doino Jr.

Nat Hentoff's lived a full life writing not only about jazz, but about the principles of a free society. Those topics may seem incongruous, but for Hentoff they were always interrelated. Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2017

The Road to Nostra Aetate

by William Doino Jr.

Of all the documents of Vatican II, few have been more discussed and written about than Nostra Aetate. The official text, the shortest of the council’s documents, is only five paragraphs long, containing forty-one sentences. The fourth paragraph, on the Church’s relationship with the Jewish . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2015

After the Christian Century

by Dexter Van Zile

Earlier this month, a website called Veterans News Now (VNN), removed James M. Wall from its editorial board, where he was listed as “associate editor” and moved his name to a list of the site’s “frequently featured writers.” 
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26 Feb 2015