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On Converting Your Spouse
At a recent Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, JD Vance remarked that he…
Wistful Agnostics and True Believers
With the death of the New Atheist industrial complex, a new variety of religion-friendly intellectual discourse has…
How Critical Theory Paved the Way for Nick Fuentes
I was teaching an undergraduate colloquium on critical theory at the University of Notre Dame when the…
Illinois Chooses Death
At 2:55 a.m. on the morning of Halloween, the Illinois Senate cast a final vote on a…
Newman and the New Ultramontanism
The All Saints’ Day proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church was…
The Art of Disagreement in a Polarized World
In an era when disagreement often feels synonymous with disdain, the life and career of Rabbi Moshe…
When Death Calls at Night
"Gabby” was fittingly named by her grandfather some seven decades ago; she would talk a blue streak…
The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis
“It’s horrific, it’s disturbing, it’s damaging emotionally,” said Kayla Elliot, a young woman now fighting for custody…
Walking in Wonder (ft. Virginia Aabram)
In this episode, Virginia Aabram and Elizabeth Bachmann join Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk…
Why Are Divorce Memoirs Trending?
Divorce rates may be down in the U.S. from their all-time high in the 1980s (although so…
When Forgiveness of Sins Becomes a Financial Liability
According to the latest study of U.S. Catholic priests, released in mid-October, there still exists a widespread…
A Timely Anniversary
Sixty years ago, on October 28, 1965, the Second Vatican Council adopted, and Pope Paul VI promulgated,…
The Romanticism of Jean Raspail
One day, the French writer Jean Raspail looked out over the Mediterranean Sea and asked, “What if…
The Era of AI Porn Is Here
Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-owner OpenAI, recently announced that his software would soon allow users to…
The Death of Halloween
I fell in love with autumn as a child. Much as I enjoyed summer, I always longed…
