On Friday, March 4, sixteen people were murdered in a terrorist attack at a nursing home in Aden, the main city on the coast of southern Yemen. The dead comprised four nuns, who served in the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Blessed Mother Teresa, plus eight elderly residents, their . . . . Continue Reading »
Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi died last Saturday, March 5 at the age of 84. While never head of state or government in Sudan, he held different government positions at different times. But Turabi’s greatest influence stemmed from his intellectual and organizational leadership, most . . . . Continue Reading »
From NYC's March for Life to the Elm Institute summer seminars, we've got your covered for events in NYC and beyond.
On Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issues. It was moderated by Julie Hocker of the American Conservative Union Foundation. Panelists included Congressional candidate Lenny McAllister, abortion survivor and pro-life activist Gianna . . . . Continue Reading »
Social media tend to magnify the expansive self, encouraging participants to stake out a virtual identity within the ethereal territory of the world wide web: “This is who I am, like it or not!” “My political beliefs are part of my identity; to call them into question is to call my very identity into question.” Continue Reading »
There has been much handwringing in the evangelical world over the seemingly high levels of support for Donald Trump among self-proclaimed evangelical voters in Republican primaries. Likewise this phenomenon has drawn much attention from the mainstream media, who seem eager to point out the apparent . . . . Continue Reading »
We are living in an age of outreach. The rise of Trump is evidence enough. But Trump and his followers are the symptom of a much deeper problem: a diseased culture facing the death of reasoned discourse and civil disagreement. Continue Reading »
Religious conservatives never thought they would need accommodations. The culture was theirs. Continue Reading »
What Wouldn't Jesus Do?
Peter Wehner, New York Times
Character, Flourishing, and the Good Life
David Brooks and Miroslav Volf, Yale Center for Faith and Culture
A Paleocon, an Otherkin, and a Saint Walk Into a Bar
Kate Havard, Washington Free Beacon
The Lost Hope of Self-Help
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Aeon
Out in the Fields with God
Eve Tushnet, American Conservative
Academic Freedom in Conformist Times
Roger Scruton, Spiked
Embracing Our Pagan Heritage
Chase Padusniak, Patheos
No Longer Calm, But Alive: Robert Royal's Catholic Humanism
R. J. Snell, Public Discourse
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