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AI Dystopia
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Barnhizer discusses his book…
The Jewish Case Against Abortion
The Jewish Pro-Life Foundation (JPLF) issued the following statement in response to a recent Newsweek article, “The…
The Problem With Online Learning
The first thing to remember about distance learning via online classes is a practical matter: The tool…
Totalitarian Speech Regimes
Many conservatives have commented on the new corporate speech regime in recent years. But few have paid…
The Next Pope and Vatican Diplomacy
During a short papal flight from Boston to New York on October 2, 1979, Father Jan Schotte…
The Roberts Court Attempts a Compromise
In the October 2019 Term that ended last week, the Supreme Court decided a handful of cases…
The Way Forward After June Medical
My high school wrestling coach (of blessed memory) had one response whenever wrestlers would complain about injuries,…
Lot at the Doorway
Abraham’s nephew Lot plays a surprisingly large role in the Genesis narrative. The son of Abraham’s dead…
The Metaphysics of Bostock
Elizabeth Anscombe famously insisted that widespread acceptance of contraception would undermine the relationship between marriage, sex, and…
Battles at the U.N.
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Austin Ruse…
How Flannery O’Connor Fought Racism
In a recent New Yorker essay, Paul Elie asks, “How Racist Was Flannery O’Connor?” His headline aims…
Bad Faith Restrictions on Public Worship
The COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled America’s priorities, including with respect to religious freedom. No one could have…
The Road to Bostock
Every now and then an important and insightful book is published almost without trace. Just as the…
Historian of the Present
Fair Warningby michael connellylittle, brown, 399 pages, $29.00 Below the title on the front cover of Michael…
Extraordinary Evangelization in Extraordinary Times
I’d heard about Father Alexander Sherbrooke long before we met in June 2011; Father Sherbrooke had been…
