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 »
Mutilating Our Bodies
by Bethel McGrewWhile adults who regret their sex changes may themselves tend to libertarianism, their stories testify to a hidden horror: vulnerable, disturbed individuals of all ages hastily ushered into procedures that are nothing short of medical malpractice. Justice demands a reckoning in the form of penalties and strictures. Continue Reading »
Denying and Defying our Human Bodies
by Jennifer LahlMedical procedures that would have been unconscionable fifty years ago are happening all around us. The medical profession may never recover from its complicity in the mutilation of young people. Continue Reading »
Queer Nation Is No Nation At All
by Carl R. TruemanIf the Pride flag cannot even hold together the community for which it claims to stand, how can it possibly offer a stable vision for a nation and its national culture? Continue Reading »
Transgenderism: Escaping Limits
by R. R. RenoThe progressive imagination envisions a limitless future. Karl Marx thought that modern industrial production marked a new epoch in human history. Amid explosive growth during the industrial revolution, he thought we were on the cusp of material abundance. Marx argued that if we rejected the . . . . Continue Reading »
Parental Rights and Their Limits
by Scott YenorThe Parental Rights in Education Bill is a step in the right direction, but merely appealing to parental rights is not enough. Continue Reading »
Coercion and Conversion Therapy
by Ephraim RadnerA recent letter signed by leading English church leaders implies that encouraging people to live the sexual lives ordered by their biological sex is a form of oppression. This strikes me as completely misconceived. Continue Reading »
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