Public Life
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Fulton Sheen: Master Evangelist
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cheryl Hughes joins in…
No Country for Christendom
The Armagnac was low in the bottle when my host erupted on the subject of American empire.…
Chuck Colson’s Last Word
Several months ago, I came into possession of an extraordinary book—a hardcover copy of To Change the…
Divine Elitism
I have often seethed at the pigheadedness of bureaucrats. Their roles in the ecclesial and academic worlds…
David Solomon’s Moral Vision
“There is such a difference between life and theory.”Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn The community of philosophers, and…
The Dirty Science
My formal introduction to the costs of inquiry into sensitive matters began at 6:30 Eastern time on…
Is Christianity No Longer in Decline?
A few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center released the results of its most recent Religious Landscape…
Oscars and the Oval Office
The editors discuss last week’s incident in the Oval Office, and what it might portend for American…
Anti-Humanism at Home and Abroad
Canada’s laws on medically assisted dying are remarkably progressive even by today’s standards. In 2022, the government…
I Fear I Hate the Homeless
Last year, a week before Thanksgiving, a homeless man stabbed three people to death in Manhattan. The…
Hide the Crucifix or Lose Your Job
In January, Marisol Arroyo-Castro, a public school teacher in New Britain, Connecticut, with over three decades of…
Appeasement and Just War Reasoning
On the last day of February, President Zelensky of Ukraine was ambushed and sent packing from a…
Covenantal Capitalism
One recent afternoon, while visiting Universal Studios, I found myself seriously contemplating socialism. I was standing in…
Necessary Societies
On the Dignity of Society is an anthology of Russell Hittinger’s previously published articles, organized into three…
The Communist Origins of Europe’s “Hate Speech” Crisis
Following Vice President JD Vance’s groundbreaking speech at the Munich Security Conference, the world is awakening to…