Nudge, Nudge

by Paul Yowell

Nudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2021

Safetyism

by R. R. Reno

I don’t know anyone who believes in transhumanism, the techno-fantasy that we can merge our consciousness with computers and thus attain an earthly, silicon immortality. But many of us are functional transhumanists. We act as though, with proper and rigorous application of science and technology, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Post-Apocalyptic

by John Wilson

It is strange to read Riddley Walker amid the vast public discourse of fear today. Continue Reading »

31 May 2019

Age of Fear

by John Wilson

That the discourse of fear is so obviously flawed doesn’t mean that we really have nothing to fear. Continue Reading »

17 May 2019

Fear and the Benedict Option

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

In order to pray for the people the Devil wants us to see as enemies, we need to see them as people. Continue Reading »

8 May 2019

Fear Today

by Frank Furedi

More than any other philosopher, Thomas Hobbes highlighted the claim that fear serves as a foundation for establishing the authority of the sovereign ruler. But fear has served not only the cause of political authority. Fear has always played a central role in the evolution of morality and in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019

The Necessary Fear

by Todd R. Flanders

 The doctrines of hell and grave sin have been downplayed for decades in the American Church.  Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2018