No, Overturning Roe Would Not Establish Theocracy

by Ryan T. Anderson and Andrew Walker

A law forcing Jews to attend Mass or Protestants to keep kosher would be imposing religion on others. Pro-life laws do no such thing. Continue Reading »

23 May 2022 0

In Defense of Deference

by Phillip Dolitsky

 It is much easier to completely rewrite and ultimately cancel all of American history than grapple with the complexities and nuances of the founders. . . . We ought to stand on the shoulders of giants, not amputate them. Continue Reading »

23 May 2022 0

Takeaways from the Debate over Tim Keller’s “Third Way”

by Justin Lee

The political has returned with a vengeance. And those who continue to mistake the third way for a universal doctrine are at risk of sleepwalking into political idolatry that insists upon a paradoxically post-political ideology. Continue Reading »

20 May 2022 0

Two Views of Suburban America

by John Wilson

In his new book, Bill McKibben wonders whether the flag, cross, and station wagon of his youth were really so good for America. Continue Reading »

20 May 2022 0

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