A Tradition Unlike Any Other

by Brandon McGinley

We seem to have internalized the liberal view that the Church is just another institution among many, and that what she has to offer is parochial, not universal.  Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2018

Diversity and Meritocracy, Together

by R. R. Reno

Most of our elite universities have been rigorous about merit from their inceptions. What’s changed is what counts as merit. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

Conscience of a Kennedy

by Charles Donovan

Near the end of his life, Ted Kennedy came to believe that healthcare workers should be shielded from involvement in practices contrary to the Catholic faith. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

What Makes Us Equal

by F. H. Buckley

After the 2016 election, when white working-class voters turned out for Donald Trump, the New York Times and the Washington Post sent their reporters to the hinterlands of Pennsylvania and West Virginia to see just what had happened. And off they went, like D.C. commuters sent . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

Air Turbulence and the Resurrection

by George Weigel

For all the challenges it faces, the Church in the U.S. is in far better condition to withstand the turbulence of the moment than it was forty years ago.  Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2018

Xi Jinping’s Village

by Dan Hitchens

It is alarming how quickly Beijing’s new friends abandon their solidarity with China’s oppressed millions and start flattering the regime instead. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2018

The Weak Lead Us to Reality

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

Summer in the Forest, a documentary on Jean Vanier's L’Arche communities for the disabled, reminds us that we are all fragile, and that we must love one another. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2018

Stephen Hawking,
Surprised by Joy?

by Charlotte Allen

Is it “ableist” and offensive to wish someone free from the constraints of a physical disability? Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2018

Permission to Kill

by R. R. Reno

Our first reaction is a benumbed sadness. Seventeen dead in a Florida school, shot by a disturbed young man. Then we search for explanations. The killer suffers from mental illness. Like so many others, he is from a broken home. Guns are too readily available. The media frenzy makes the shooter into . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

Raw Stuff

by Jude Russo

The End of Eddyby édouard louistranslated by michael luceyfarrar, straus and giroux, 208 pages, $23 Liberal regimes defend their power in the name of freedom and progress. The end of the family wage is the classic example: A great feminist triumph, it “freed” women to swell the labor force, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018