Public Life
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Liberal Education for Conservatives
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jonathan Marks joins the podcast…
Plunging in with Barth
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. First Things editor R.…
New World From Water
The gospel begins with John preaching baptism and ends with Jesus commanding baptism. For two millennia, baptism…
Light from the East
Ten years ago last month, the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church made a striking decision:…
Many Out of One?
Columbia University has announced that it will be hosting multicultural graduation ceremonies this summer. This is yet…
Woke “Rights,” the Equality Act, and Speaker Pelosi
On February 25, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives could have addressed any number of pressing issues.…
What is Woke Capital?
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stephen R. Soukup joins…
COVID Com-passion
Lent is a good time to think about COVID-19. Both bring suffering. True, Christ’s passion on the…
Action Civics
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stanley Kurtz joins the…
What We’ve Been Reading—February 2021
R. R. RenoEditor The Habsburgs: To Rule the World by Martyn Rady does as good a job…
Ever Ancient, Ever New
Teaching Augustine on a college campus is an especially interesting experience these days. I get to expose…
Exodus, Lent, and Becoming a True Nation
Ten years ago, I began a most extraordinary Lent by walking up the Aventine Hill to the…
Expowering the Foodies
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Theodore Gioia joins the…
Systemic Racism at Planned Parenthood
Once I saw a billboard that encouraged black women to abort their unborn babies. It read: “Black…
The Making of a Poet
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Dana Gioia joins the…
