Editors

“Everybody Worships”
Alissa Wilkinson, Books and Culture

The State of the American Mind: Anti-intellectualism in America more than 25 years after Allan Bloom. 
Book Forum, American Enterprise Institute

Why the Pope's New Climate-Change Doctrine Matters
Emma Green, The Atlantic

The Only Path to Societal Renewal
Dan McConchie, The Gospel Coalition

The Complexity of Being Richard Nixon
Evan Thomas, The Atlantic

Why Is Obama Abandoning 70 Years of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy?
Matthew Kroenig, Tablet

Millenials' Parents Can't Stop Meddling
Jennifer Senior, New York Magazine

Why Bloggers Are Calling it Quits
Amy Julia Becker, Christianity Today

The Brutal Dictatorship the World Keeps Ignoring
Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Waterloo and Wisdom
Terrance W. Klein, America

Writers Choose Their Favorite Words
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker

Why Bonhoeffer Made the Sign of the Cross
Joel J. Miller, Ancient Faith

For a recent Thomist fest, I was required to read Lawrence Dewan, O.P.’s essay “The Important of Substance.” It’s a rich piece. His comparison between today’s pop-physicist-philosophers is particularly compelling, and his prescription seems right. Continue Reading »

Do Not Speak Well of Randianism
David Mills, Ethika Politika

Civil Servants Have Rights Too. Government Should Respect Them.
Ryan T. Anderson, Daily Signal

The Godfather of Clickbait
John Cassidy, New Yorker

Are Conservatives Losing the Future?
Peter Wehner, Commentary

Democrats Shouldn't Endorse Suicide
Dr. Ira Byock, Politico

What John Milton and a Theme Park Can Teach You About Childhood
Anthony Esolen, Intercollegiate Review

Siberia's Surprisingly Australian Past
Helen Andrews, Quadrant

Calvin and Hobbes Embodied the Voice of a Lonely Child
Libby Hill, A.V. Club

Explainer: The Supreme Court's Ruling in the Abercrombie Hijab Case
Joe Carter, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

Why Christian Denominations Aren't Going Away
Trevin Wax, Religion News

The Gospel According To the ‘Nones'
Elizabeth Drescher, America

Has Preaching Changed Since the Early Church?
Peter Sanlon, 9Marks.org

Choosing a Path in the World
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

New Churches, Old Europe
Philip Jenkins, Christian Century

Formed by War
Annalaura Montgomery Chuang, Christianity Today

Love & Mercy: A Refreshing Biopic on Brian Wilson
Wes Jakacki, Books and Culture

Clues to the Encyclical II: A Long Tradition of Papal Teaching on Social, Economic, and Political Matters
Vincent J. Miller, America

God: She, He, or Gender Fluid?
Sean Curnyn, The Cinch Review

Rethinking Sex Ed in the Church
Cameron Cole, The Gospel Coalition 

Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead: A Pastor's Response to the Death of a Childhood Abuser
Mez McConnell, 20Schemes.com

People Who Cut Off Their Own Limbs (And Their Enablers)
Ian Tuttle, National Review. 

Smartphones, Tablets, and Christian Parenting
Russell Moore, russellmoore.com 

The Campus Crusaders
David Brooks, the New York Times.