Public Life

Laughing into Modernity

Early modern Europeans freed themselves from the burdens of a corrupted medieval world by laughing at it. Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2017

If authentic naming or identifying is a strictly private, self-governed enterprise, what is there that is truly public? If my public persona is entirely under my control, and if I can die to my old self and rise to my new self any time I choose and in whatever manner I choose, and if indeed I am not to be burdened by my old “dead” name, as the Dean of Law says, in what sense is my persona public? Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2017

Blasphemy in Denmark

by Mark Movsesian

For a European government to bring a blasphemy prosecution in 2017 is incongruous, to say the least. Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2017

A Book for Me and All Protestants to Read

by Carl R. Trueman

Recent, ugly nonsense about those who supposedly cannot refrain from sinful sexual relations is pastoral cruelty disguised as kindness. The voice of Archbishop Chaput, by contrast, strikes a welcome and profound note of clarity and true compassion. Continue Reading »

6 Mar 2017

Pro-Life, Pro-Truth

by Alexi Sargeant

Beyond the power of the institution we oppose, there is another danger: We who defend life must not allow our commitment to the truth to be compromised. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2017

“Speciesism” Opens the Door to Bigotry

by Wesley J. Smith

Those who throw out accusations of “speciesism” seek to subvert human exceptionalism. Their framework should be rejected as a prescription for tyranny every time it is proposed. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2017

The New Status Signaling

by Robert Mariani

For those of upper-middle class sensibilities, the neoliberal order predicted by the 1990s remains inevitable. It’s as dreamy and poetic as it ever was, separated from practical reality only by the thin veil of a populist interregnum. Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2017

The Adventures of Fredo and Wonderboy

by Pete Spiliakos

For all his flaws, Jeb Bush showed more character than most of his GOP opponents—including the supposed golden boy, Marco Rubio. Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2017

Forgiving Dylann Roof

by Robert Barron

On the evening of June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, twenty-one at the time, casually joined a group of African Americans gathered peacefully at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, for a Bible study. For over an hour, he participated in the discussion, and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2017

The Party Theorist

by R. R. Reno

Russia has annexed part of Crimea, has usurped America’s role as arbiter of winners and losers in the Middle East, and makes trouble in Ukraine. Putin is increasingly popular as the patron of anti-E.U. populism in Europe, and Moscow tried to influence the recent American presidential election. . . . . Continue Reading »