A Right to Assisted Suicide for the Institutionalized Mentally Ill

by Wesley J. Smith

The state is abandoning the institutionalized terminally ill to their darkest impulses. This isn’t compassion. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2016 0

Where I Was Wrong Part III: Taxes, Work, and Family

by Pete Spiliakos

I spent the 1990s and the first half of the previous decade thinking way too much about cutting taxes and way too little about labor-force participation and family structure among America’s low-skilled workforce. I had the vague idea that, if taxes were low and efficient, the rest would work out . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2016 0

Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”

by George Weigel

Pivotal Players is a follow-up to Bishop Barron’s immensely successful ten-part mega-series, Catholicism, the most compelling presentation of the symphony of Catholic truth ever created for modern media. Key figures in Catholic history appeared throughout the original series to illustrate this truth of the faith or that facet of the Catholic experience. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2016 0

​No Mystical Body on the Religious Right

by James R. Rogers

The ecclesiology implicit in what Moore commends is a familiar one—even, arguably, a historical one for many Protestants. “Church” is here understood as an association of individuals who give mental assent to the same religious ideology. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2016 0

​The Blue Angel Syndrome

by William Doino Jr.

Many years ago, flipping through the channels, I came across an old black-and-white film, made in German with English subtitles. It was called Der blaue Engel—“The Blue Angel”—and I’ve never forgotten it since. Starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings, and directed by Josef von . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2016 0

​Aristotle and the Elections

by John Cuddeback

Elections can make you wonder about where you live. It can be frightening to share so little in common with neighbors and fellow-citizens. Especially when they elect people to rule over you. Continue Reading »

3 Nov 2016 0

Gnostic Longings

by Peter J. Leithart

Complaints about aging contain an implicit affirmation of the body, rooted in the truth that our bodies are us. When our bodies ail, we ail; when they fail, we fail. We touch the world—lovers and enemies, soccer and sunsets, sonnets and sushi—only through eyes and ears and brains and nerves and hands and tongues. Continue Reading »

3 Nov 2016 0

Tolerating political diversity

by Pavlos Leonidas Papadopoulos

“How can anyone vote for him?” “How can anyone vote for her?”In a contentious election between candidates with historically high disapproval ratings, voters across the country are asking such questions, incredulous that their fellow Americans could be on the other side this time. These . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2016 0

Those Catholic WikiLeaks

by George Weigel

That John Podesta and other Clintonistas imagined they could spin Pope Francis with money from George Soros perhaps tells you a bit about the fantasyland these people inhabit. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2016 0

The Gospel According to Jack Chick

by Samuel D. James

For those (like me) who grew up in conservative evangelical culture, Chick Tracts are instantly recognizable: the dark, apocalyptic artwork; the obscure human caricatures that somehow resemble everybody and nobody. And, of course, the fire-and-brimstone. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2016 0