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Fire Upon the Earth
Contempt for religious faith has been growing in America’s leadership classes for many decades, as scholars such…
Five Ways Elon Musk Can Improve the Digital Public Square
Earlier this week, Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer ($54.20/share) to purchase the…
The Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow
Pope Francis is undoubtedly grieved by the carnage in Ukraine. And when the Catholic Church’s chief ecumenical…
What Happened in the French Election
When a man who is widely disliked or even hated wins a political election by a crushing…
Dispiriting Signs for the Synod on Synodality
Ever so slowly, the “Synod on Synodality” is beginning. A preparatory process of “listening and dialogue” in…
Religion in the Public Square
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Chad Pecknold joins the podcast…
Artists and Abortion
Many artists have grappled with how to depict abortion. Ernest Hemingway wrote an entire short story about…
The Power of Pain
Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han completed his dissertation on Heidegger’s concept of Stimmung (mood) in 1994, and his…
Miseducation of the Millennials
The Dumbest Generation Grows Up:From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adultsby mark bauerleinregnery gateway, 256 pages, $29.99 Not…
What a Tangled Web
Confusion over what it means to be human continues to dog public life in the West. Soon…
No “Just Wars”?
Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able…
The Decline of the American Election
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Hans von Spakovsky joins the…
The Politics of American Christianity
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. George Yancey joins the podcast…
The Cancellation of Russian Culture
In the medieval era, when a thinker successfully claimed divine revelation, he placed his words beyond dispute.…
The Conservative Genius of Catholicism
Once, Shaun Blanchard believed that Catholic truth was unalterable. “We Catholics stay the same; the Protestants change”:…