Public Life
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What We’ve Been Reading—February 2020
R. R. Reno Mary VanderGoot’s Broken Glass was my nighttime reading last month. The novel centers on…
My Ten (Or So) Favorite Cultural Critics
In 1974, British theologian Lesslie Newbigin returned to England after four decades of serving as a missionary…
Before the 2020 Presidentiad Begins in Earnest . . .
Americans not obsessed with politics—that is, most Americans—will start paying serious attention to the 2020 presidential race…
How China Changed Hollywood
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Martha Bayles…
The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement
Not long ago, the gay rights movement was a small group of people struggling to follow their…
Remembering Sir Roger
Or is there some complaint,Some little shred of “I” you meant To leave with us as ours? -Roger…
Belgium’s Death Doctors
Wonder of wonders: Belgium is prosecuting three doctors for illegal euthanasia. After thirty-eight-year-old Tine Nys received a…
Sex, Celibacy, and the Latest Curiosity From Rome
Author’s note: On January 14, in the latest curiosity from Rome, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI asked through…
Fishy Architecture
I was born in Urk, a tiny fishing town in the Netherlands. Urk was an island just…
A New Feminism
In our metaphysically confused age, pro-life feminist groups like the New Wave Feminists are offering women an…
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…
