Public Life
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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…
Anglicanism on Its Knees
The Anglican Communion has nearly eighty-five million members spread around the globe. Until the mid-twentieth century, these…
Incurious Dawkins
An Appetite for Wonder:The Making of a Scientistby richard dawkinsecco, 320 pages, $27.99 Richard Dawkins’ An Appetite…
Roman Catholics and Confessional Lutherans Explore Deeper Ties
In 1976, Joseph Ratzinger”then still a professor”suggested “it might be possible to interpret [the Augsburg Confession (CA)”i.e.,…
The Sad Secular Monks
In the Atlantic, Hanna Rosin recently defended the hookup culture as essential to female success and equality. Given…
Serving Our Hearth Gods
Having conquered cigarettes, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a campaign against sugary drinks. The…
Unsustainable Liberalism
“Unsustainable Liberalism” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put on in…
An Inhumane Humanities Lecture
Established in 1972, the Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual…
