China’s Second Cultural Revolution

by Thomas F. Farr

Mao’s successors concede that trying to kill religion is not realistic, but that religion poses a mortal threat to communist rule and must be controlled.  Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2020

Is China a Model of the Common Good?

by Matthew Schmitz

The common good is not a euphemism for tyranny, and oppression is not a synonym for order. Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2019

Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?

by George Weigel

German foreign minister Heiko Maas's essay on the fall of the Berlin Wall failed to mention the pivotal figure in the Revolution of 1989: Pope St. John Paul II. Continue Reading »

20 Nov 2019

A New Cardinal Honors an Entire Nation

by George Weigel

Sigitas Tamkevicius’s enrollment in the College of Cardinals was a papal tribute to a brave man who exemplifies the best the Society of Jesus offers the Church and the world. Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2019

Prosperity Breeds Idiots

by Francis X. Maier

Socialist thought seems more fascinating when perceived from a secure and prosperous distance.  Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2019

The Demon in Middlebury

by ​Ryszard Legutko

The invitation from Middlebury College to speak about my book The Demon in Democracy came last year. I was pleased to receive it, as it seemed to indicate that the book resonated in American academic circles. Middlebury was the sixth or seventh university in America to have issued such an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2019

High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later

by George Weigel

The thirtieth anniversary of Polish liberation from communism reminds us of the heritage of democratic life. Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2019

Revolution, 30 Years On

by Dan Hitchens

We ought to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of communism’s defeat, but it is difficult to say what actually did the defeating.  Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2019

Russian Jeremiah

by ​Ryszard Legutko

Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974–1978 by aleksandr solzhenitsyn notre dame, 480 pages, $35 The first volume of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir of exile, Between Two Millstones, begins with the author’s expulsion from the Soviet Union and closes with him viewing the landscape . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019

Solzhenitsyn’s Prophecy

by Robert P. George

What Solzhenitsyn faulted America (and the West more generally) for was its abandonment of its own moral and, especially, spiritual ideals and identity. Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2018