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Can Silicon Valley Be Redeemed?
How far should one go to “become all things to all people,” to be in the world but not of it? In the words of the late Pope Francis,...
Andy Warhol’s Sacraments
Andy Warhol’s reproductions of popular brand logos have sparked debate as to whether he is playfully critiquing consumerism or snarkily endorsing it. Similarly, the subject of Warhol’s Catholic faith...
The Impossible Object of Queer Desire
The late British writer Quentin Crisp, despite being one of the first openly homosexual men in England, was lambasted as “homophobic” and “misogynistic” for his self-deprecatory quips about the...
The Metaphysical Promise of the Consumer Society
In a book documenting his travels through the United States, a Frenchman commented that “there is nothing funny about Halloween,” a holiday characterized by an “evil force” and “infernal...
A New Feminism
In our metaphysically confused age, pro-life feminist groups like the New Wave Feminists are offering women an alternative to the Feminist Magisterium and its limited view of human personhood....
