The Least of These

by Wesley J. Smith

The various late-term abortion legalization proposals and policies introduced this year bring us to a crucial time of choosing.  Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2019

Trump Attacks Planned Parenthood

by Kristan Hawkins

The “Protect Life Rule” takes a significant step toward defunding Planned Parenthood. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Policy Multiple Choice Quiz

by Pete Spiliakos

A quiz: Which of the following sets of policies is best? Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2015

Left, Right, Prudence, Principle, and Catholic Social Doctrine

by J. Budziszewski

A long-running battle between the so-called Catholic left and the so-called Catholic right concerns which political issues the Church should speak about and which ones she shouldn’t. One crucial distinction is that teaching the basic principles of Catholic social doctrine go to the heart of her charism, but she has no special expertise in prudential judgments about how to apply them. Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2014

The Limits of Populism

by Robert Benne

Jeffrey Bell has been an aid to both Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp, a candidate for the Senate, and fellow at a number of different institutes. He is currently president of Lehrman Bell Mueller Cannon, Inc., an economic and political forecasting firm in northern Virginia. This book, clearly based in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1992

The Education Reform Dodge

by Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Will the flood of education books ever subside? Since 1983, when the National Commission on Excellence in Education declared us a “nation at risk,” there’s been a deluge. Wags have noted that we are menaced by a rising tide of education reports. Most fall into familiar categories. These . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 1992

How To Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate

by Mark E. Chopko et al.

The March issue of First Things included a Declaration in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act by Professors W. Cole Durham, Jr., Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Douglas Laycock, and Michael W. McConnell. Because of the continuing debate over this important issue, the Editors solicited . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1992

Editorial: What Should We Do About the Poor?

by The Editors

Some will protest that the question posed by that title is outrageously wrongheaded. To ask what we should do about the poor, they say, smacks of paternalism and noblesse oblige, reflecting a hierarchical mentality in which, the world is divided between “us” and “them.” Rather, they would . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1992

Trading Needles

by Bonnie Shullenberger

Bonnie Shullenberger considers courses of action in the fight against the AIDS . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 1992