Is the Constitution “Neutral” on Nature?
by Hadley ArkesThe very telos of any Constitution would be to protect those rights that flow to us by nature. Continue Reading »
Easy Recipes for an Unhappy Life
by Mark BauerleinFr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church: A Defense of Her Controversial Moral Teachings. Continue Reading »
Sacrificing the Young
by R. R. RenoDeath rates among American children are on the rise. Young people are killed by homicide and car accidents, and they are killing themselves by drug overdose and suicide. Mortality rates for ages one to nineteen rose by 10.7 percent between 2019 and 2020, and went up another 8.3 percent in 2021. . . . . Continue Reading »
Toe the Government Line or Lose Your Kids
by Carl R. TruemanAs biology has faded as a stable basis for definition, so a functional definition of “parent” has risen in prominence. Thus now, with psychological categories coming into play, the way is open for “parent” to be defined ideologically by the state. Continue Reading »
Blasphemy Then and Now
by Carl R. TruemanOld-style blasphemy involved desecrating God because it was God who was sacred. Today’s blasphemy involves suggesting that man is not all-powerful, that he cannot create himself in any way he chooses. Continue Reading »
Life After Detransition
by Jonathon Van MarenDetransition activists make clear that there is life worth living after detransition, even though the consequences of transgender “treatments” last a lifetime. Continue Reading »
The Catholic Crisis Over “Us”
by George WeigelAre we experiencing the third great crisis of the Catholic Church? Continue Reading »
The New Women's Movement
by Jonathon Van MarenPowerful female activists are fighting against the transgender movement’s massive push to provide sex changes to gender-confused girls; against attacks on the natural family; and against the vile abuse and degradation of digital pornography. Continue Reading »
The Kindness Challenge
by Timothy JacobsonKindness is a grace that acts in and on nature and is a tool for the good. I read nothing of this in the kindness literature. Continue Reading »
The Pronoun Ritual
by Samira KawashLast fall, when I took my daughter to her college orientation, all new students had been issued ID lanyards, to which they were invited to affix pronoun stickers. To opt out would be conspicuous—and based on my observation, no one did. A week later, I too was subjected to the same demand. . . . . Continue Reading »
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