If King Charles III is going to bow to politics, then he will really be no more representative of the entire nation than Biden or Trump is representative of the United States. Continue Reading »
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Micah Mattix to talk about his article, “The Integrity of Poetry,” from the February 2023 issue. Continue Reading »
Taking their lead from former Justice Anthony Kennedy, Cardinal Robert McElroy and Fr. James Martin have both spoken recently of “hatred” animating those who uphold traditional Christian teaching in regard to homosexuality. Continue Reading »
Woke “inclusion” is not authentic catholicity. Continue Reading »
The New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition Bible translation improves upon the excellence of the NRSV in several subtle ways. Every serious Bible reader should check it out. Continue Reading »
For many people under the age of forty, the days of sitting at one Christmas table have gone the way of the Waltons. Ma, Pa, and their handful of children make up far too simple a family scene. But the loss of the classic Christmas table may indicate more than the passing of an iconic TV . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a confession to make: I can’t get enough of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Give me another teary tell-all and I’m all in. Indulge me with a made-for-reality-TV special and I’ll fetch the popcorn. Just a hint of the pair excites me, because I firmly believe that the drama of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Many sense that the West needs to reconsider its philosophical foundations. Reflexive appeals to old pieties no longer persuade. But those who look to modern philosophy for answers run into a problem best articulated by Leo Strauss: “Only a great thinker could help us in our intellectual plight. . . . . Continue Reading »
I am among the foremost skeptics of science’s pretensions. But I count myself among the first to express amazement and thanks for revelations that scientific work has provided—not so much discovering “new” worlds as uncovering hidden worlds. Consider the amazing event of January 14, . . . . Continue Reading »
The queering of mainstream American culture has no more dramatic exemplar than the drag queen. RuPaul’s Drag Race, which began in 2009 as a competition reality show on the little-watched LGBT-oriented channel Logo, is today a global media and entertainment empire of four spin-off and . . . . Continue Reading »
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