The Editors

Wesley J. Smith on our dangerous obsession with ‘health’ : This Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to legalize assisted suicide, an agenda against which I have advocated energetically since 1993. During much of that time, I often asked myself the “why now?” . . . . Continue Reading »

A statement of the Pennsylvania Catholic Bishops on the 2012 elections : We, the bishops of Pennsylvania, see next Tuesday (November 6), Election Day, as a day of historical challenge for our time. We propose this statement now because the upcoming elections, at every level, offer a critical . . . . Continue Reading »

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Timothy George on Reformation Day : It was around two o’clock in the afternoon on the eve of the Day of All Saints, October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther, hammer in hand, approached the main north door of the  Schlosskirche  (Castle Church) in Wittenberg and nailed up his Ninety-Five . . . . Continue Reading »

Andrew Doran wonders what will become of the Middle East’s Christians : In the fall of 2010, a few months before revolution swept the Muslim world, I happened to be in Yemen for work. The trip coincided with the start of the Eid holiday, which provided ample free time to see much of the . . . . Continue Reading »

R.R. Reno on Jacques Barzun and the lexicon of pussyfooting : The educational establishment attracts a great deal of Barzun’s icy criticism. Anyone who thinks multicultural education is a recent perversion should read his chapters on education. He states a plain fact that remains true: Those . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter J. Leithart on the voice of the martyrs : Last week, gunmen from the Islamic sect Boko Haram attacked the Church of the Brethren in the village of Atagara in northern Nigeria, killing two and torching the church on their way out. Over several days, the terrorist group killed dozens in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell E. Saltzman wonders why Lutherans can’t take Catholic communion : Intercommunion for us is no big deal, though it used to be. Beginning in 1875 and for about a century thereafter, we had the Akron-Galesburg Rule: Lutheran pulpits for Lutheran pastors only; Lutheran altars for Lutheran . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel asks “What Kind of Country Do You Want?” : Do you want to live in an America that is recovering a sense of decency, a country in which moral conviction born of biblical faith is welcomed in public life, and neither the culture nor the government deplore biblical morality . . . . Continue Reading »

James R. Rogers on why Christians should oppose factions : The American founders identified “party” with “faction.” But that doesn’t hold up, and not simply because the founders themselves started early forms of political parties. In Madison’s definition, factions are . . . . Continue Reading »