Violence

Good Cops

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 »

2 Mar 2023

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 »

10 Jun 2022

America’s History of Political Violence

by Darel E. Paul

Yesterday was just one more day in America's long history of political violence. Continue Reading »

7 Jan 2021

The Books Behind the Rage

by Sohrab Ahmari

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 »

1 Sep 2020

A Call To Conversion

by Dale M. Coulter

Opposing racism and prejudice must be part of the church’s pro-life stance. Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

Violence and Politesse

by Mark Bauerlein

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 »

1 Apr 2019

Living Down Bombingham

by Peter J. Leithart

Birmingham has been known as the “City of Perpetual Promise,” but the promise is only perpetual because the city never quite lives up to it. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Clashing Victimocracies

by Peter J. Leithart

Politics dissolves into brutality unless it’s infused with apolitical habits and virtues—humility, gentleness, forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, charity, love. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018