Goodbye, Left and Right

by R. R. Reno

We see it in France, we see it in America: The metaphysical dream that has dominated the West for decades is being challenged. Continue Reading »

8 May 2017

Return of the Strong Gods

by R. R. Reno

A young writer in Australia recently sent me an essay that ended with an arresting sentence: “I am twenty-seven years old and hope to live to see the end of the twentieth century.” I sympathize. We have reached a series of dead ends in the West. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

​Getting Augustine Wrong

by R. R. Reno

Injustices are done; imprudent, ill-considered policies are pursued. Brutal, cynical men posture as noble leaders. There’s a great deal about public life that arouses our passions. It is easy to become angry, bitter, fearful, and despairing. There’s another side as well. We can harbor great . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2017

How Many Foreigners Is an American Worth?

by James R. Rogers

How should Christians respond to the tradeoffs of globalization? Continue Reading »

14 Mar 2017

A Dissolving Age

by R. R. Reno

We live in a dissolving age. Institutions, social forms, and traditional authorities recede. To the extent that they endure, they do so under the sign of choice, often reconfigured as economic or therapeutic projects. Man the entrepreneur and consumer is ascendant—or man the wounded, the victim of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2017

“No Core Identity”?

by David T. Koyzis

Canadians cherish the contributions made by their immigrants, whom they have generally welcomed. But immigrants have come here not because Canada has no core political identity, but precisely because of Canada's core political identity. Continue Reading »

9 Jan 2017

Nationalism and the Elections of 2016

by Mark Movsesian

Although traditional conservatism has been on the winning side in recent political contests, it has been a junior partner in a larger project: the revival of nationalism. Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2016

Nationalism is not Xenophobia

by R. R. Reno

It is atomized societies that are susceptible to demagogues—not societies that enjoy strong social bonds and organic communal solidarity. Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2016

Leave Wins

by Mark Movsesian

Like most Americans, I paid little attention to the Brexit campaign. It seemed a foregone conclusion. The prediction markets were signaling that a vote to leave the E.U. was a long shot; the polls indicated that Remain was comfortably ahead; the stock markets were quiet. Besides, anti-E.U. protests . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jun 2016

Letters

by Various

MARQUETTEMickey Mattox’s piece on Marquette University (“Marquette’s Gender Regime,” April) was welcome indeed. I taught at Marquette for thirty years, and am grateful for the many blessings I experienced there. It has consequently been difficult for me to watch from a distance as the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2016