Nat Hentoff, Great Defender of Human Life
by Wesley J. SmithNat Hentoff epitomized that “power of life.” So, fare thee well, you wonderful Jewish, atheist, civil-libertarian, leftwing pro-lifer. Continue Reading »
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Time for Parents to Resist Transgender Activism
by Emily ZinosWith public schools fast becoming incubators of gender ideology, parents need to cast off their fears of entering the fray. Continue Reading »
The Virtues of the Old Establishment
by Pete SpiliakosWhat I miss about the first Bush is that, while he had no program, and no principles beyond his bromides about service and patriotism, those bromides contained valuable ideas.
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Fake History
by George WeigelEveryone has a right to their opinion about the state of Catholicism in 2017, but no one has a right to invent their own Church history. Continue Reading »
A Response to the Bishops of Malta
by Luma SimmsAt the heart of what these bishops and others have called a “merciful” path is a frenzied desire for happiness and for the avoidance of pain and suffering, supposing that these people have suffered enough. This stands in direct contrast to the Scriptures, the Fathers, and the saints, whose premise is that suffering is not something to be avoided at all costs—one can learn to live through it. Continue Reading »
Brothers and Other Perils
by Betty Smartt CarterLearning lessons from Molly Hughes’s rollicking chronicles of Victorian family life. Continue Reading »
Nat Hentoff: One of a Kind
by William Doino Jr.Nat Hentoff's lived a full life writing not only about jazz, but about the principles of a free society. Those topics may seem incongruous, but for Hentoff they were always interrelated. Continue Reading »
The Politics of Answered Prayer
by Peter J. LeithartWill believers be freer to be believers under Trump than they have been for the past twenty-five years? Continue Reading »
Secular Pilgrims in America
by Raphael MagarikAtheists have long been a vocal minority in America, their relations with the dominant Protestant culture defined by consistent, unresolved antagonism, unexpected ideological affinities and interdependencies, and the back-and-forth movement of individuals between atheism and belief. Continue Reading »
Cocktails with the Existentialists
by Richard T. WhittingtonMore than seven decades have passed since philosophy held court on the world-historic stage, in the cafes and jazz halls of wartime Paris. For those who lament the decline of the “public intellectual,” this period richly serves the needs of nostalgia, conjuring chic melancholy, debates conducted in a tobacco haze, and the evergreen romance of La Résistance. Continue Reading »
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