Business As Communion
by Peter J. LeithartA global business movement seeks to channel the love of God. Continue Reading »
The Big Tech Threat
by Josh HawleySocial media shareholders are investing in the addiction of users. Continue Reading »
Letters
by Variousliberal politesse R. R. Reno’s point in “The Civility Trap” (March) is well-taken: Nobody on the wrong side of contemporary liberalism, either to its right or left, would likely disagree that the expectation of civility masks exercises in raw power. Manners aren’t simply politic, in other . . . . Continue Reading »
A Pro-Natal Proposal for America
by Lenny GlynnNo American woman or family should ever again be pressured into ending a pregnancy solely because of economic pressures. Continue Reading »
A New Conservative Agenda
by Daniel McCarthyWhat has been known as conservatism in the Republican party since Ronald Reagan left office, fully thirty years ago, has become inadequate. This has been evident for a while, though we’re only now noticing. From the Great Recession and loss of manufacturing jobs to perpetual war in the Islamic . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Poor
by Andrew M. YuengertThe instinct to reject the claims of nationalism and patriotism as unacceptable is dangerous and destabilizing. Continue Reading »
Wojtyłan Fantasies, Revisited
by George WeigelWojtyła understood the difference between those for whom Marxism was a “fascinating abstraction” and those for whom communism was “an everyday reality.” Continue Reading »
Ideas Still Have Consequences
by John M. HowtingCultural traditions are more important to man than GDP. They give him a sense of the transcendent, affirm his place in a hierarchy, and create a sense of “we” and “us.” Continue Reading »
Origami of the Soul
by Timothy Reichert and Francis X. MaierThe modern state typically inspires two antithetical interpretations. Progressives see the state as a means to restrain capitalism, level the economic playing field, ensure equality, and liberate the individual from the dead hand of traditional forms of marriage, family, and sexual morality. . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousECONOMISM Richard Spady’s article “Economics as Ideology” (April) has some excellent insights. Spady argues that economics functions as an ideology when it imposes its rigid anthropology—dominated by a simplistic, utility-maximizing mythology of the individual—on the material it . . . . Continue Reading »
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