Public Life
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Against David French-ism
In March, First Things published a manifesto of sorts signed by several mostly youngish, mostly Roman Catholic writers, who argued that…
Hate Signs
I just passed a sign in a store window that says, “No Vacancy for Hate.” Well, I thought,…
Evangelizing the Nones
By far the fastest-growing “religious” group in the United States is the “nones,” that is, those who…
A Christian Strategy
The problem is the relentless aggression of liberalism, driven by an internal mechanism that causes ever more…
Return of the Strong Gods
A young writer in Australia recently sent me an essay that ended with an arresting sentence: “I…
Forgiving Dylann Roof
On the evening of June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, twenty-one at the time, casually joined a group…
How to Protest Better
Milo Yiannopoulos—an incendiary speaker who gambles that it’s best to have bigger crowds outside his talks, protesting,…
Making Better Men
When I was growing up, my father was my primary model of what a man should be.…
Two Catholics and the Catholic Game
Baseball is by far the most Catholic of the sports on which we lavish such attention and…
A Loss of Trust
The ordeal is over; my niece has chosen Tulane. A buddy in Wisconsin has a daughter, and…
50 Years of Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue
Acting as it does as a summary and analysis of five decades of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue, 2015’s Declaration on…
Two Theories of Immigration
Today there are twenty million refugees who have crossed international borders to escape violence and abject poverty.…
How to Strengthen Catholic Community
As the Synod on the Family continues, a number of Catholic writers are questioning whether it’s really nice to exclude the…
Solving the Poor
Our Kids:The American Dream in Crisisby robert d. putnamsimon & schuster, 400 pages, $28 In a recent…
Personal Plato
Plato at the Googleplex:Why Philosophy Won’t Go Awayby rebecca newberger goldteinpantheon, 480 pages, $29.95 When scientists like…
