Public Life

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What’s Love Got to Do with Economics?

Peter J. Leithart

In Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Ludwig von Mises explains how enlightened self-interest, rather than love,…

Hope Without God?

Kirsten Sanders

Hopeful Pessimism by mara van der lugt princeton university press, 280 pages, $24.95 Is it possible to be…

No Country for Christendom

Martin Gramling

The Armagnac was low in the bottle when my host erupted on the subject of American empire.…

Against the Politics of Grievance

George Weigel

Woke,” shorthand for what was once known as “political correctness,” helped fuel a grievance-based progressive politics that…

The Many Faces of Capitalism

Peter J. Leithart

To most Americans, “capitalism” means “free economy,” a market system in which individuals and freely formed groups…

What Germany Needs

Andreas Lombard

Many of my fellow Germans blame “stupid voters” for the current political situation. If these voters only…

It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood

John Mize Jeffrey Barrows

What do you call a billion-dollar corporation that annually swallows millions in government funding but fails to deliver comprehensive…

The Henry J. Hyde Federal Building, Please

George Weigel

DuPage County is one of the collar counties bordering Chicago. For years, it had the great good…

The Federal Bureaucracy Rollback Continues

Mark Bauerlein

On March 14, President Trump signed an executive order that cut funding for seven agencies, including the…

Fulton Sheen: Master Evangelist

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cheryl Hughes joins in…

David Solomon’s Moral Vision

Raymond Hain John Schwenkler

“There is such a difference between life and theory.”Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn The community of philosophers, and…

The Dirty Science

Mark Regnerus

My formal introduction to the costs of inquiry into sensitive matters began at 6:30 Eastern time on…

Is Christianity No Longer in Decline?

Ryan P. Burge

A few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center released the results of its most recent Religious Landscape…

Oscars and the Oval Office

The Editors

The editors discuss last week’s incident in the Oval Office, and what it might portend for American…

Anti-Humanism at Home and Abroad

Carl R. Trueman

Canada’s laws on medically assisted dying are remarkably progressive even by today’s standards. In 2022, the government…