The Unspeakable Pleasure

by Leonard Sax

Why do a growing number of young people feel that they have permission to kill? Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2018

Why Does Religion Need Commandments?

by Reuven Ziegler

What is the point of the myriad commandments governing every aspect of a Jew’s life?  Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2018

Notes from the Sibling Society

by John Waters

The “snowflakes” problem is the result of an absence not so much of adulthood as of grown-ups.  Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2018

A Tradition Unlike Any Other

by Brandon McGinley

We seem to have internalized the liberal view that the Church is just another institution among many, and that what she has to offer is parochial, not universal.  Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2018

Diversity and Meritocracy, Together

by R. R. Reno

Most of our elite universities have been rigorous about merit from their inceptions. What’s changed is what counts as merit. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

Conscience of a Kennedy

by Charles Donovan

Near the end of his life, Ted Kennedy came to believe that healthcare workers should be shielded from involvement in practices contrary to the Catholic faith. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

What Makes Us Equal

by F. H. Buckley

After the 2016 election, when white working-class voters turned out for Donald Trump, the New York Times and the Washington Post sent their reporters to the hinterlands of Pennsylvania and West Virginia to see just what had happened. And off they went, like D.C. commuters sent . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2018

Air Turbulence and the Resurrection

by George Weigel

For all the challenges it faces, the Church in the U.S. is in far better condition to withstand the turbulence of the moment than it was forty years ago.  Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2018

Xi Jinping’s Village

by Dan Hitchens

It is alarming how quickly Beijing’s new friends abandon their solidarity with China’s oppressed millions and start flattering the regime instead. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2018

The Weak Lead Us to Reality

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

Summer in the Forest, a documentary on Jean Vanier's L’Arche communities for the disabled, reminds us that we are all fragile, and that we must love one another. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2018