Suicide Contagion

by Wesley J. Smith

Recent studies suggest that in places where assisted suicide is legal, both assisted suicides and unassisted suicides increase. Continue Reading »

19 May 2022 0

Toward a New Pentecost

by Charles J. Chaput

What the Church needs more than anything else is holiness. The renewal of the Church is not finally an issue of structures. It’s an issue of faith. Continue Reading »

18 May 2022 0

Dobbs Hysteria and Russian Disinformation

by George Weigel

Distorting the things of God for political purposes is yet another tactic in the creation of an alternative reality, as both Patriarch Kirill and an Episcopal priest have demonstrated. Continue Reading »

18 May 2022 0

Finding Refuge at the University of Dallas

by Joshua T. Katz

It will take a major shift in values—away from infantilization and fear and toward learning and joy—before amiable student-professor relations are possible again at places like Princeton. In the meantime, I recommend the University of Dallas. Continue Reading »

18 May 2022 0

What Orwell Learned From Chesterton

by M. D. Aeschliman

Even after Orwell explicitly diverged from some of Chesterton’s views in the 1930s, under the influence of socialist ideas and hopes, Chesterton’s assumptions and political and ethical conceptions continued to shape him. Continue Reading »

17 May 2022 0

How Mary Whitehouse Waged War on Pornography

by Jonathon Van Maren

Mary Whitehouse was not simply a moralizing paranoiac, and at some point a half-century ago, we chose the pornographic world that she spent her life fighting against. Continue Reading »

16 May 2022 0

Steph Curry and the Aristotelian Principle

by Peter J. Leithart

From Curry there’s no malice, no taunting, no improper pride. His laughs and gestures and shimmies spring from delighted surprise at his own excellence. He’s the Aristotelian Principle incarnate. Continue Reading »

13 May 2022 0

Saturday Night Live Tackles Abortion

by John Murdock

In 2022, SNL’s sword of comedy only cuts one way, and its blade is far from razor-sharp. Abortion is simply too important to them to be a laughing matter. Continue Reading »

13 May 2022 0

Viking Vengeance in The Northman

by Alexi Sargeant

What would happen if a Viking skald were armed with a modern Hollywood budget and set loose to create a film? Probably something quite like The Northman. Continue Reading »

12 May 2022 0

Why Pro-Abortion Activists Desecrate Churches

by Carl R. Trueman

While threats to disrupt worship en masse and even burn the sacramental elements seem to be overblown so far, the backlash against religion is surely a sign of the times. Continue Reading »

12 May 2022 0