The Editors

Elizabeth Scalia on Ross Douthat’s new book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics : Douthat’s book is a neatly laid-out dissertation on the people of faith and their place in American society. It is a deft chronicle of where faith communities went right—spanning a . . . . Continue Reading »

R.R. Reno reminds us to keep our focus on things above : “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” So wrote St. Paul to the Colossians, reminding them that if they have been raised with Christ, then they should direct their minds and their lives toward . . . . Continue Reading »

James R. Rogers on the newest sin tax : Basically, Altman proposes higher income tax rates as a sort of sin tax on people who earn higher incomes. The irony is that Altman next proposes increased investment in education to help reduce income inequality. While one can argue about the specifics of . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell E. Saltzman has decided to stop aging : I have decided to stop aging. I’ve tried it now for awhile but it simply doesn’t suit me, so I am giving up on it. Other people have gone through it, I’m aware, but from what I can observe it almost always turns out badly for them. As . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on Jimmy Carter, Biblical scholar and theologian : Given the specter of James Buchanan, the question of whether Jimmy Carter was the worst president in the history of the Republic must remain unresolved; yet there is no doubt that Carter is the worst ex-President ever. Having failed . . . . Continue Reading »

C. Ben Mitchell challenges those who propose to re-engineer the human species : Here is the argument offered by Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, and Rebecca Roache. Climate change is the result of human corruption of the environment—so-called anthropogenic causes. Climate change affects food . . . . Continue Reading »

Steven M. Perry on how charity begins with God, not government : As government and other political institutions continue to fail us, people of faith remain the only consistent safety net for those in need. Take, for example, the State of Illinois, which recently passed the Religious Freedom . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter J. Leithart on crucifixion and beauty on a Friday afternoon : Roman crucifixion was gruesome. There was no rulebook, so full rein was given, as Martin Hengel has written, to “the caprice and sadism of the executioners.” Some Romans denounced its cruelty. “That plague” was . . . . Continue Reading »

James K. Fitzpatrick on a compromise that would have cost President Obama nothing : Obama’s accommodation proposes that Church authorities who run hospitals, schools, and other facilities will be entitled to tell their employees that the health care insurance provided by the Church does not . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on how Easter changes everything : Christmas occupies such a large part of the Christian imagination that the absolute supremacy of Easter as the greatest of Christian feasts may get obscured at times. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian biblical scholar, suggests that we might . . . . Continue Reading »