Thank you for printing my friend Fr. Blake Johnson’s excellent piece on women’s ordination (“Mere Priestesses,” May 2024). Although some have misread C. S. Lewis and likely will misread Fr. Johnson as accusing women priests of being sexual deviants, the problem has nothing to do with the act . . . . Continue Reading »
In the literature of the First World War, full of the horrors of trench warfare that ravaged a generation even for the victorious Allies, a single heroic leader stands apart from the mass-murdering generals and clueless politicians who were responsible for the slaughter. Whereas their corroded names . . . . Continue Reading »
The distinction between the Good Man and the Real Man draws the line between toxic and non-toxic masculinity. Continue Reading »
It is the presence of grace in Cormac McCarthy's dark stories that made him truly peerless. Continue Reading »
Neil Gross joins the podcast to discuss his book Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture. Continue Reading »
To gain moral insight into American violence, Christians need to disentangle and properly order our loves. Only then will we be able to assess accurately what is good and what is evil in American gun culture. Continue Reading »
Yesterday was just one more day in America's long history of political violence. Continue Reading »
Today's riots are the effect of four years of irresponsible exercises in middle-brow hysteria about American democracy giving way to fascism. Continue Reading »
Opposing racism and prejudice must be part of the church’s pro-life stance. Continue Reading »
Of all the places I’ve worked and played in my life, the politest one, the one where people were the most courteous and quiet, was a boxing gym in Decatur, Georgia. I hung out there for two years when I was in my early fifties, the boxing workouts being just right for an older guy. If you take it . . . . Continue Reading »
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