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The Conservative Lawyers versus the Never Trumpers
Just a month ago, in a harbinger of things to come, the conservative side lost in the…
Celibacy, Self-Acceptance, And the Extra Inkling
I’ve just finished Charles Williams’s 1937 novel Descent into Hell, which was recommended to me by a…
Baseball: Practices for Coming Home
Watching the many oblong games—football, basketball, soccer, hockey—might lead one to believe that our human purpose is…
The Moral Heart of Hamilton
After more than a year on Broadway, a hip-hop musical about Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shows no…
The Elephant in the Room
Of all our major columnists, Peggy Noonan has thought the most deeply about the anti-establishment sentiments roiling…
Loving Our Enemies
Of all the teachings of the Gospel, one of the least heeded is the command to love…
Away With the Animals
The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animalsby Wayne PacelleWilliam Morrow,…
Notre Dame’s Deal with the Devil
Tim Kaine is a Harvard Law graduate, but he and other pro-choice Catholic politicians owe much to…
The Sacraments Don’t Need Fixing
I’m at that time of life—mid-to-late twenties—when friends and acquaintances start to make lifelong commitments. And I…
What They Didn’t Tell Me In Sex Ed
“Oh yeah, that was a lie,” said my AP Chemistry teacher when a student asked about the…
Bernie Sanders and the Atomized Republic
Yuval Levin argues that American politics is being distorted by the toxic nostalgia of Baby Boomers who…
Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the third and final installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing…
Sins of Their Fathers
Films with a theological bent never get far from the oldest question of theodicy: Why does a…
Healing Memories through Divine Mercy
Of all the issues people don’t like discussing, high on the list is the emotional and spiritual…
Lawn Care Spiritualized
I’ve been paraphrasing Hazel Motes a lot lately. He’s the tortured protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise…
