Leah Libresco Sargeant

American pro-natalists need to bushwhack a better path to marriage if we want to help people have children. Continue Reading »

AI is not the solution to the challenge of witnessing for the Church. Continue Reading »

In the first Petrine epistle, Peter exhorts his readers, “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.” His instruction presumes that our hope is visible, even startling or foolish in the eyes of the world. Christian hope provokes questions and . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the cruelest marriage penalties in America’s tax and benefits regime is reserved for the most vulnerable—the poor and disabled. Continue Reading »

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day offer the pattern for our marriage in miniature—love expressed through mutual dependence. Continue Reading »

Professors won’t beat ChatGPT until they persuade students that the content of their classes has real value.  Continue Reading »

The set-up of The Rings of Power might be good for Twitter engagement, but it makes the stakes of the story unclear, and the drama of the characters' individual choices uncompelling. Continue Reading »

Some of the most tactically effective defenses of religious liberty rely on appeals to theories of rights or alliances with candidates who cut against the core of your faith. These strategies can win the battle but lose the war. Continue Reading »

Any community of refuge, especially a Benedict Option community, must find a way for its members to support one another in moving from fear to courage, scarcity to charity, walls to windows. Continue Reading »

In the recent Wonder Woman 1984, Diana isn’t facing down an enemy power, but a distinctly American moral threat. Continue Reading »