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Keep Lighting Candles
On December 23, 1981, President Ronald Reagan called for Americans to place a lighted candle in the…
Canada’s Combatting Hate Act Hates Religious Freedom
A new Canadian bill that seeks to strengthen existing hate speech law in the country has worrying…
The Wealthy Chinese Buying Babies and American Citizenship
"In the foreseeable future, China and the U.S. will be the two strongest countries in the world.…
Restoring Breadth and Depth to Education (ft. Solveig Gold)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Solveig Gold joins…
Lessons from the Christmas Gospels
The Roman Missal provides four distinct Mass texts for the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord:…
Liberalism Going in Circles
Paul Kelly’s forthcoming Against Post-Liberalism could hardly be more timely. Post-liberalism has recently been a topic of…
Restoring the Chaplain Corps’ Moral Backbone
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that he is revamping the U.S. military’s chaplain corps as part…
Just Stop It
Earlier this summer, Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments launched a new campaign. It is entitled “Correct Your…
From Belzec to Bondi
Returning to Sydney in late October after my family trip to Poland was an unsettling experience. It…
Tunnel Vision
Alice Roberts is a familiar face in British media. A skilled archaeologist, she has for years hosted…
Nomadic Modernity
A man trudged down the streets of Vienna in the winter of 1909, hugging the shadows cast…
I’ll Be Home for Christmas?
A recent essay in the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column has sparked a flurry of think…
In Praise of Translation
The circumstances of my life have been such that I have moved, since adolescence, in a borderland…
The Problem with the Evangelical Elite
The problem with the evangelical elite is that there isn’t one. All too few evangelical Christians hold…
Same-Sex Marriage and the European Bishops
On November 25, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered Poland to recognize same-sex marriage. Polish law…
