Toward a New Pentecost
by Charles J. ChaputWhat the Church needs more than anything else is holiness. The renewal of the Church is not finally an issue of structures. It’s an issue of faith. Continue Reading »
Dobbs Hysteria and Russian Disinformation
by George WeigelDistorting the things of God for political purposes is yet another tactic in the creation of an alternative reality, as both Patriarch Kirill and an Episcopal priest have demonstrated. Continue Reading »
Saturday Night Live Tackles Abortion
by John MurdockIn 2022, SNL’s sword of comedy only cuts one way, and its blade is far from razor-sharp. Abortion is simply too important to them to be a laughing matter. Continue Reading »
Why Pro-Abortion Activists Desecrate Churches
by Carl R. TruemanWhile threats to disrupt worship en masse and even burn the sacramental elements seem to be overblown so far, the backlash against religion is surely a sign of the times. Continue Reading »
There is No “Middle Way” in Dobbs
by Robert P. GeorgeThe Court can either invalidate Mississippi’s law under Casey and Roe, or consign them to the ash heap of history. Continue Reading »
Why the Dobbs Leak Is Dangerous
by Mark MovsesianAfter the Dobbs leak, justices will feel less secure about the confidentiality of their deliberations and think twice about what they put in drafts. The work of the Court will inevitably suffer. Continue Reading »
Attack on the Supreme Court
by R. R. RenoA leak of this magnitude is an effort to subvert the Court’s procedure and norms, and a far greater threat to republican governance than anything carried out by the Trump administration. Continue Reading »
The Bottom Line
by David NovakThere are two facts of my life that my grandchildren used to tell their friends with pride. One is that in the year 2000, as part of my application to become a Canadian citizen, I secured a letter from the sheriff of Henrico County, Virginia, attesting that I did not have a criminal record. My . . . . Continue Reading »
Artists and Abortion
by Jonathon Van MarenWe desperately need more artists like William Kurelek to expose the carnage beneath the surface of our society, and to begin a conversation on why it must end. Continue Reading »
What a Tangled Web
by Carl R. TruemanThe West no longer has any consensus on what it means to be a woman or even a person. Continue Reading »
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