Public Life

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Everyday Depravities

Peter J. Leithart

In Michael Connelly’s taut thriller The Scarecrow, Los Angeles Times crime reporter Jack McEvoy is given his…

Stanley Payne on Antifascism

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Stanley Payne to discuss his article from the January print…

Blame It on Luther?

Carl R. Trueman

Many years ago I had the privilege of delivering a lecture on the life and ministry of…

On Being Thankful for America at Thanksgiving

George Weigel

This Thanksgiving, no one living in the United States should be anything but profoundly grateful for the…

The Future of Faith-Based Schools

Charles L. Glenn

The Supreme Court is considering yet another case involving public funding of religious schools, Carson v. Makin.…

David Amess and the Grace of Last Rites

Andrew Cusack

The recent murder of Sir David Amess, a Catholic Member of Parliament, has proved an unwelcome if…

The Church Among the Deathworks

Carl R. Trueman

In his fascinating new book, Hegel’s Century, intellectual historian Jon Stewart comments that Hegel’s Lectures on the…

Lose the Culture, Lose the Family

Scott Yenor

Many factors influence decisions to marry and have children: prevailing religious commitments, ideas of beauty and honor,…

What Sally Rooney Thinks Reading Is For

Liel Leibovitz

Of all the silly things smart people believe are true, my favorite is the idea that the…

On Not Buying into the Mythology of “Prestige” Universities

George Weigel

Some years ago, a Catholic prep school invited me to address its parents’ association on the future…

The Body is More Than a Tool

Carl R. Trueman

The amicus brief filed in the Dobbs case on behalf of more than five hundred women athletes…

Mytho-History in Genesis

William Lane Craig

I’m grateful to Peter Leithart for his thought-provoking response to “The Historical Adam.” A couple of points…

Robert George on Overturning Roe

R. R. Reno

Legal scholar and political philosopher Robert George, who recently filed an amicus brief with John Finnis arguing…

Bellarmine at 400

Raymond J. de Souza

The 400th anniversary of the death of Robert Bellarmine (September 17, 1621) invites a look back at…

A Bold Catholic Investment In Inner-City Education

George Weigel

It’s a safe bet that “Mother Mary Lange” is not a household name in most U.S. Catholic…