The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV
Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism that moments of institutional crisis demand genuinely great leaders. Movements, forces, trends…
May 2026
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When the Bells Stop Ringing
Why Me?
I visited a friend of mine a few years ago. He was a deeply faithful theologian, but without…
Return of the Nobles
Here, perhaps, is the greatest problem we face these days: Everything is full. Saunter over to your…
God and Man at MIT
The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7,…
Faith-Based Failures
On January 24, 2025, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for his role…
The Twisted Consequences of Chatbots
The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV
Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism…
The Smoke Clears in Budapest
On Sunday night, after a heated and chaotic election campaign, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and his…
An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.
Your Eminence: In an article recently published by a major German Catholic website, you suggested that the…
New York Is Bullying Nuns Who Care for the Dying
New York governor Kathy Hochul recently made headlines for decriminalizing assisted suicide, claiming as motivation her compassion…
In Defense of Cultural Christianity
More than two centuries ago, Søren Kierkegaard attacked the established church of his native Denmark. He denounced…
Recovering the University’s Soul
The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases,…
The Savannah Enlightenment
In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from…
Finding a Pulse
Trueman’s new book, The Desecration of Man, should further cement his authority. It supplements, focuses, and in…
A Whole New World
I remember wondering, one idle summer when I was a child, why God had made the world so…
The West Distorted
G. K. Chesterton’s novel The Flying Inn begins with a strange seaside encounter involving one Misysra Ammon,…
Godson
I doubt you’ll be a simple kind of manbut listen to the song. It’s a good plan.…
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place with Wifi
As waiters glide across the room,espresso steams beside my bookon the small, round table.The low purl of…
The No / The Yes
Nothing terrifies more than the Noyour lover whispers through a closed door:You may die for all I…
A New Order of Religious Freedom
More than he wanted to be remembered for having been President, Mr. Jefferson wanted to be remembered…
Jews in Multicultural America
For some decades, American Jews have made sense of the relation between their Americanness and their Jewishness…
The Truth About Religious Freedom
Just now, as Islamic nations wrestle both with new theoretical ideas and new public policies concerning religious…
America’s Two Foundings
Contrasting judgments often arise from studying the Niagara of words that justified the American War for Independence—together…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
Truth and Tolerance
Tolerance is not a religious virtue,” a feisty rabbi is fond of declaring in public, gleefully scandalizing…
