Christianity: Neither Revolutionary nor Conservative
by Peter J. LeithartWe must grasp the gravity of our moment. The West isn’t sick. It’s dead, and we should heed Jesus’s exhortation to “let the dead bury their dead.” Continue Reading »
Welcome to Prideville
by Auguste MeyratAt heart, Somerville, Massachusetts, a self-declared haven for polyamorous people, is a community for people who reject community. Continue Reading »
Hope in an Age of Nay-Saying
by Carl R. TruemanThe spirit of Mephistopheles is truly seductive, as Goethe well knew. Thankfully, however, there is still hope. Continue Reading »
John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus and Today’s Debates
by George WeigelNo doubt globalization has had adverse consequences for some Americans; it has also helped lift as many as two billion people out of abject poverty. Continue Reading »
An Unexpected Gift
by John DalyI am hers and she is mine and nothing, not dementia nor death itself, can ever erase that. She will always be my mother, and I her son. Continue Reading »
In Good Company
by Joshua T. KatzOne year ago, Princeton University fired me. This was one of the worst things ever to happen to me, but also one of the best. Continue Reading »
The Lure of Orwell
by John WilsonI am struck by the everyday misery and uncertainty and sheer muddle that George Orwell endured, along with his quotidian joys and satisfactions; particularly when juxtaposed with today's handwringing. Continue Reading »
What I Saw at NatCon U.K.
by Dan HitchensNatCon U.K. brought together many different types of speakers, some with irreconcilable differences, all representing that growing political faction, the Non-Left. Continue Reading »
Remembering Tim Keller
by Dale M. CoulterKeller was a lover of God and of people. He relished the conversation, was unafraid of pushback from skeptics, and courageously launched out into broken spaces that others had abandoned. God bring us more Tim Kellers. Continue Reading »
Anglicans and the Reunion of Christendom
by Thomas PlantWe have before us the potential for a revivified Western Church, with episcope shared equitably among the churches of the world. Continue Reading »
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