And the Petulance Prize Goes To . . .

by Charlotte Allen

The catty rhetoric of both Fr. James Martin and his conservative foes has resulted in more bridges being dynamited than built.  Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2017

“Will anti-gay Christians be politically and socially ostracized? I sure hope so.”

by Fr. Dominic Bouck

How does someone go from giving a TED talk on civil debating to saying, “Will anti-gay Christians be politically and socially ostracized? I sure hope so.”? A lesson in (un)civil discourse. 
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6 Jul 2015

Conservative Outrage Won't Work

by Fr. Dominic Bouck

Peter Hellman, in a review of by Bryan Burrough's Days of Rage, outlines how the frustrations of the 60s gave way to the violent extremism of the 70s. The violence of radical leftist protesters discredited their movement, contributing to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Conservatives won . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jul 2015

Christian Conviction & Democratic Etiquette

by George Weigel

According to a bit of street wisdom that has worked its way into the national vocabulary, “You got to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.” But since the opposite of everything is frequently, if not always, true, we might, on the matter of explicitly Christian rhetoric and the American public . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1994