Evangelical America and IVF
by Sarah StulaThe evangelical problem with the Alabama IVF ruling exposes cracks in the worldview of some Christians. Continue Reading »
Spinoza in Full
by J. J. KimcheCursed be he by day and cursed be he by night; cursed be he when he lies down and cursed be he when he awakens. Cursed be he when he goes out and cursed be he when he comes in. . . . May the Lord blot out his name from under heaven. . . . Nobody may communicate with him, neither in writing nor . . . . Continue Reading »
The World that Google Wants to See
by Michael ToscanoThe promotion and crafting of a distorted virtual reality by tech companies should concern us all. Continue Reading »
Celebrities Against Pornography
by Jonathon Van MarenThere is no reason we should tolerate this pervasive poison and the rape culture it creates. Continue Reading »
Crypto Crackup: Sam Bankman-Fried
by Mark BauerleinElizabeth Bachmann joins joins the podcast to discuss her new book Crypto Crackup: Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and SBF's Weird Island Empire.
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God and the Bomb
by Liel LeibovitzThe best movie you’ll see this year—or, if I’m being honest, this decade—is about two men having a protracted argument about God. If you merely watch the trailer, you may walk away with the erroneous impression that Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus, is about the . . . . Continue Reading »
They’re Back!
by George WeigelThe theologians’ guild is now promoting proportionalism in, of all places, Roman universities. Continue Reading »
Going Beyond the Letter of the Law
by Gerhard Ludwig Müller and Stephan KampowskiIn previous times, people who did not agree with the teaching of Humanae Vitae or Donum Vitae simply said that they begged to differ. The new approach, adopted by the PAV, is to state the opposite of the teaching, while at the same time claiming that one agrees. Continue Reading »
The Hypocrisy of Masks
by Gilbert MeilaenderNo, not the masks you assume I have in mind, the masks that have become such a bone of contention in our society. The masks I have in mind are the kind referred to by C. S. Lewis in a passage from his autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Discussing his experience as a soldier in the Great War, he . . . . Continue Reading »
A Matter of Holiness
by Francis X. MaierThere can be no lasting concordat, no real peace treaty, between a genuinely holy people and Church on the one hand, and a world of material excess, destructive sexuality, exploitation of the poor, and industrial-scale homicide of unborn children on the other. Continue Reading »
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