Francis X. Maier

The Family Story Project attempts to “dismantle family privilege” by casting the traditional family as diseased and oppressive.  Continue Reading »

If today’s street violence and political extremism serve any good purpose, it’s this: They remind us that humans have a chronic appetite for destruction. Continue Reading »

At a time when lying, bullying, and violence seem to be making a comeback, the film Mr. Jones is a useful lesson in consequences. Continue Reading »

Unless we reconfigure our lives to understand and act on it, the “new evangelization” will remain just another pious slogan. Continue Reading »

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah see priestly celibacy, and the sacrifices (but also the joy) it entails, as vital to the life of the Church.  Continue Reading »

A review of Austen Ivereigh’s latest book, Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church.  Continue Reading »

Bullshit does not reject the authority of the truth; rather, it pays no attention to it. 
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Socialist thought seems more fascinating when perceived from a secure and prosperous distance.  Continue Reading »

Little in the digital age is truly hidden. Continue Reading »

The modern state typically inspires two antithetical interpretations. Progressives see the state as a means to restrain capitalism, level the economic playing field, ensure equality, and liberate the individual from the dead hand of traditional forms of marriage, family, and sexual morality. . . . . Continue Reading »