Man Up
by Peter J. LeithartThe distinction between the Good Man and the Real Man draws the line between toxic and non-toxic masculinity. Continue Reading »
Divinity Schools and Diversity
by Gerald McDermottMore and more students are voting with their feet, declining to go into debt for an education that displaces classical learning with ideology. Divinity schools, especially those that profess orthodoxy, should know better. Continue Reading »
From Westerplatte to Lisbon . . . and Everywhere Else
by George WeigelJohn Paul II did not pander to the young. He understood from experience that deep within the youthful heart is a yearning for meaning, for nobility, for greatness. Continue Reading »
Oppenheimer’s Tragic Fate
by Jason M. BaxterIn Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan has taken the meticulously researched seven-hundred-page book American Prometheus and rendered it into his best film yet. Continue Reading »
Chilton Williamson’s Errand into the Wilderness
by M. D. AeschlimanWe ought to value persons for their habitual qualities and their achievements. Chilton Williamson’s character and accomplishments are in many respects exemplary—especially his Christian hope. Continue Reading »
The Good Life After Graduation
by Sarah ReardonOur higher education climate and our culture at large render the world of our households, vocations, and communities remote from the world of dorms, reading quizzes, and library all-nighters. Continue Reading »
John McPhee’s Work of a Lifetime
by John WilsonThe inspiration for this column is one of the most wonderfully strange books I’ve encountered in a lifetime of reading (strange and a bit melancholy), John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa. Continue Reading »
What Henri de Lubac Would Think of the Synod on Synodality
by Robert P. ImbelliDe Lubac warned of the danger of transforming the search for the kingdom of God into a search for secular social utopias. The participants of the ongoing Synod on Synodality could learn from his Christocentric vision of the Church. Continue Reading »
The Dark Future of Over-the-Counter Contraception
by Jonathon Van MarenFor the first time, an oral contraceptive is going to be available without a prescription. This “new chapter in reproductive health” is likely to be a grim one. Continue Reading »
In Our Chaotic Age, Some Atheists Are Rethinking Secularism
by Carl R. TruemanWhat is emerging among some erstwhile left-wing intellectuals today is the realization that atheism, while an interesting theoretical position, offers nothing to address the deeper questions of life. Continue Reading »
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