Aquinas vs. Musk
by John JalsevacFuturists exclaim that brain-integrated, silicon-based “hardware” memory will be used to augment our natural memories. Count me unimpressed. Continue Reading »
Bob Andrews: A Large and Patriotic Life
by George WeigelA great talent for friendship across the divides of race and class informed Bob Andrews’s fiction even as it enriched his life and the lives of those drawn into his ample orbit. Continue Reading »
How Faith-Based Colleges Can Challenge Technological Misuse
by Selma BotmanBut will those students who access free, easy, and speedy information via ChatGPT cause university education to come to an end? I do not think so. Continue Reading »
Muddy Morals in The Rings of Power
by Leah Libresco SargeantThe set-up of The Rings of Power might be good for Twitter engagement, but it makes the stakes of the story unclear, and the drama of the characters' individual choices uncompelling. Continue Reading »
Just Vengeance in The Terminal List
by Caleb SymonsWhile critics spew outrage, audiences are enjoying a show that doesn’t attempt to propagate a revision of the moral order, but rather recognizes and engages the human desire for ultimate justice when society’s institutions fail. Continue Reading »
How To Talk About Christian Ethics
by Andrew T. WalkerMoral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
The Moral Significance of Modern Food
by John KainerThe modern food system is essentially its own religious system, using a network of symbols and phrases to make moral claims and create its own sacred-profane distinction. Continue Reading »
The Diseasing of Judgment
by Frank FurediStudents clamor for “safe spaces.” Protesters smash windows and political leaders insist on saying that it’s important to hear their “voices.” Parents speak of children’s behavior as “unhealthy,” avoiding moral terms. We tend to think of these as recent developments, which have come . . . . Continue Reading »
The Violent Liturgy of Alabama Football
by Peter J. LeithartAt Alabama, Saban has created a culture that ultimately reflects his Catholic convictions. Continue Reading »
Algorithm Religion
by John WatersThe self-driving car is coming. It is not just possible but a virtual—so to speak—certainty, within perhaps a decade. Continue Reading »
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