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A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Whit Stillman among the Janeites
The title puzzled us. Most of the world saw nothing remarkable about indie director Whit Stillman’s decision…
Lawn Care Spiritualized
I’ve been paraphrasing Hazel Motes a lot lately. He’s the tortured protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise…
Obergefell and the New Gnosticism
For decades, the Sexual Revolution was supposed to be about freedom. Today, it is about coercion. Once,…
Confessions of an “Elitist”
The term “elitist” has been bandied about so promiscuously in this election cycle that it’s become virtually…
More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the second installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing for the…
How To Live on $8.90 an Hour
Deciding that I needed to get out more, I went looking for a job. I wasn’t expecting…
Terrorism Is Not Hate
Hate. It’s a word many have used to describe Omar Mateen’s slaughter of fifty people at an…
