American Politics
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Conversations About the Common Good
In the middle of the night, I often find myself coming out of a dream from which…
Our Panopticon Future
My 23-year-old daughter recently passed her driving test (first time, too!). She had the usual difficulties young…
Porn Culture and Political Courage
On Saturday, The New York Times published a sobering report about the recent explosion of online child pornography. According to…
The Model New Evangelization Bishop
Out on the Kansas plains, he was just turning 21 when the Second Vatican Council promulgated its…
God, Country, Notre Dame
On September 27, the Sheen Center in Manhattan hosted an event with Father Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., author…
The Virtue of Prudence
In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper writes, “That is prudent which is in keeping with reality.”…
FDR’s Faith
A Christian and a Democrat: A Religious Biography of Franklin D. Rooseveltby john f. woolverton and james…
Deer Appear
Early in the morning deer appearout of the dark, a flicker of eyes.They allow me to get…
But What of Us?
The saints are quick to give their hearts awayAt every gentle prodding from above,And bear the scars…
Letters
Jurisprudence Hadley Arkes, echoing themes he has developed for many years in his work, offers a forceful…
Catholicism Made Me Protestant
Like all accounts of God’s faithfulness, mine begins with a genealogy. In the late seventeenth century, my…
Of Cigarettes and Grace
The dramatic action of grace is rooted in Christology: Christ descended into the world and passed through the…
Britain’s Constitutional Crisis
The United Kingdom has a constitutional crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson leads a minority Conservative government that…
The Judicial Usurpation of Parliament
Far too often nowadays I have that disturbing feeling of walking on a thin crust suspended over…
Twitteracusis
The most debilitating aspects of my current illness (Ramsay Hunt Syndrome) have been those associated with my…
