Who is Gavin Newsom?
by Mark BauerleinJohn Cox joins the podcast to discuss his new book Continue Reading »
The Korean War Today
by John WilsonOur mom and grandma had instilled in us a faith, trusting that we are ultimately in God’s hands. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by VariousAt ninety-four years old, Eva Brann is both the oldest and longest-serving tutor at St. John’s College in Annapolis, America’s premier Great Books liberal arts institution. She is also the most widely published member of the faculty, notable at a school aimed at cultivating the life of the mind . . . . Continue Reading »
Renewing Education in California
by Mark BauerleinChris Weir joins the podcast to discuss a project for renewing the culture of California. Continue Reading »
Toe the Government Line or Lose Your Kids
by Carl R. TruemanAs biology has faded as a stable basis for definition, so a functional definition of “parent” has risen in prominence. Thus now, with psychological categories coming into play, the way is open for “parent” to be defined ideologically by the state. Continue Reading »
Revolutionary Christian Cinema
by John MurdockJesus Revolution is a tale ripe for the excesses of made-by-evangelicals filmmaking, where drama often morphs into preachy melodrama. But, to their credit, the filmmaking team largely resists those temptations. Continue Reading »
Splitting California
by K. E. ColombiniEver since California joined the union in 1850, efforts have been made to split the state. Continue Reading »
Padre Mestizo
by Richard RodriguezOn September 11, 2017, between midnight and dawn, a statue of Fr. Junípero Serra—whom generations of California schoolchildren called “the Father of California”—was beheaded at Mission Santa Barbara. Reading about the defiled statue in the paper, I immediately question my father, my . . . . Continue Reading »
Goodbye California: A Lament
by Wesley J. SmithLast week, I moved from California to the Washington, D.C. area. I don’t expect to return. Alas, I don’t want to return. Continue Reading »
Remembering Kevin Starr, Catholic Historian
by Stephen SchwartzFor most of his career, Starr viewed the California experiment benevolently, as a phenomenon balanced between utopia and reason. But he was an intense Catholic believer who seems finally to have despaired of California’s grandiloquent and heartbreaking destiny. Continue Reading »
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