American Politics
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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…
Catholicism Made Me Protestant
Like all accounts of God’s faithfulness, mine begins with a genealogy. In the late seventeenth century, my…
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—October 2019
Jurisprudence Hadley Arkes, echoing themes he has developed for many years in his work, offers a forceful…
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…
Newman at the Amazon Synod
A spectre is haunting the preparations for next month’s Amazon Synod: the spectre of John Henry Newman,…
What’s at Stake in the French-Ahmari Debate?
One wag has called it the “Franco-Persian War.” The debate between David French and Sohrab Ahmari has…
