Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Saturday Night Live Tackles Abortion
Saturday Night Live has long felt dated. The skits telegraph and then often explain their jokes. Moments…
The Rise of Byzantium
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Paul Stephenson joins the podcast to…
My Memories of Midge Decter
Let me think about it,” Midge Decter said. It was early in 2014. I was looking for…
Les Murray the Misfit Poet
When the great Australian poet Les Murray died in April 2019, he left an incomplete volume of…
The Sorry Situation of Catholic Schools
How many Catholic schools are really just public schools with a Mass requirement attached, plus an elective…
Protecting Orthodox Jewish Schools
In the 1972 Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder, Amish Americans challenged Wisconsin’s compulsory education law, which…
Fire Upon the Earth
Contempt for religious faith has been growing in America’s leadership classes for many decades, as scholars such…
What Happened in the French Election
When a man who is widely disliked or even hated wins a political election by a crushing…
Dispiriting Signs for the Synod on Synodality
Ever so slowly, the “Synod on Synodality” is beginning. A preparatory process of “listening and dialogue” in…
Artists and Abortion
Many artists have grappled with how to depict abortion. Ernest Hemingway wrote an entire short story about…
No “Just Wars”?
Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able…
The Decline of the American Election
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Hans von Spakovsky joins the…
The Cancellation of Russian Culture
In the medieval era, when a thinker successfully claimed divine revelation, he placed his words beyond dispute.…
When Evil Is Called Good
Last week, three news stories threw into sharp relief the ambitions of the sexual revolutionaries who govern…
Alice von Hildebrand, Woman of Valor
Those who knew Alice von Hildebrand (“Lily” to her family and friends) could be forgiven for thinking…