What Are We For?
by Cole AronsonThe Christian Colorado baker case may be decided by the answer to a deceptively simple question: What is society for? Continue Reading »
Free Markets and Unicorns
by Andrew StrainEconomic life should be evaluated by higher criteria than market freedom, because so-called free markets are not free in the first place. Continue Reading »
Theology of the Booty
by Eve TushnetCarmen Boullosa’s They’re Cows, We’re Pigs transforms a pirate adventure into a gripping meditation on utopia, embodiment, and brotherhood. Continue Reading »
Mary Magdalene, Feminist Icon?
by Ramona V. TauszThe feminist interpretation of Mary Magdalene’s life misses crucial realities of repentance, absolution, and the Christian life. Continue Reading »
Putting Infants “Down Like Dogs”
by Wesley J. SmithOnce we reject human exceptionalism, injustices like infanticide start to seem virtuous. Continue Reading »
Butchering Shakespeare
by Josiah PetersonShakespeare in the Park reduced Julius Caesar from a morally complex political drama into a heavy-handed tale of progressivism. Continue Reading »
Romanticism of the “Lost Cause”
by Gregory S. BucherThe Romanticism of nineteenth-century America provides crucial context for today’s Confederate-monument debates. Continue Reading »
On Healthcare, Don’t Blame Trump
by Pete SpiliakosThis isn’t the first time a majority party has had trouble passing comprehensive healthcare reform. Continue Reading »
The Cooler Cold War
by George WeigelUnlike his predecessors, Putin’s propaganda is designed not to promote Russia, but demoralize The West. Continue Reading »
Spadaro Contra Franciscum
by P. J. SmithFr. Antonio Spadaro’s and Rev. Marcelo Figueroa’s critique of American Christianity is clichéd and uninformed. Continue Reading »
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