Law
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The Least of These
There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would…
Living Down Bombingham
Between 1947 and 1965, white vigilantes dynamited fifty black homes and churches in Birmingham, Alabama. On one…
The Pell Affair: Australia Is Now on Trial
Has it occurred to anyone else debating the perverse verdict rendered against Cardinal George Pell, which convicted…
Our Poor
Fifteen years ago I wrote a little volume for the Acton Institute titled Inhabiting the Land. In…
Wojtyłan Fantasies, Revisited
For almost three decades the Catholic left has turned intellectual somersaults arguing that John Paul II didn’t…
Infanticide Becomes Justifiable
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus wrote that bioethicists “professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage through the debatable…
The Moral Depravity of Andrew Cuomo & Friends
Writing recently on women seeking the presidency and the “likability” factor in our politics, Peggy Noonan made…
The Church’s Bigger Agenda
A number of America’s Catholic bishops care more about the Church’s public image than about the welfare…
Excommunicate Cuomo
Calls for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s excommunication have echoed across Catholic social media ever since he signed into…
The New Anti-Catholicism
Senators Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris recently pressured a federal judicial nominee, Brian Buescher, to distance himself…
A Dismal Tradition
Readers of First Things will already know of the recent senatorial attacks on judicial nominees for their…
Ideas Still Have Consequences
I worked on a congressional campaign this year that happened to coincide with my rediscovery of Richard…
American Legion and the Establishment Clause
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to consider an important Establishment Clause case from Maryland, The American…
After Kavanaugh?
In the aftermath of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the New York Times published an…
The Point of Gosnell
I went to see Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer because I thought I ought…
