Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation
by Victor Lee AustinJesus’s entrance into this world would be of no importance had he not been offered up as a sacrifice for the millennially-problematic human being. Continue Reading »
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Two Families and the Communion of Saints
by George WeigelChristians live in a different time zone because of the communion of saints: our spiritual solidarity, in this world, with those Christians who now live in the presence of the Thrice-Holy God and those who are being purified. Continue Reading »
How Digital Youth Became Unhappy—and Dangerous—Adults
by Mark BauerleinWhile insisting that digital learning was essential for the rest of us, Silicon Valley elites made sure to vigilantly keep their own children away from the addictive products they peddled. Continue Reading »
Defending Catholic Healthcare
by Wesley J. SmithReligious freedom in the healthcare context is under concerted attack by the political left and liberal politicians. The crisis time for religious pluralism in the United States is fast approaching. Continue Reading »
What We Lost
by John SorianoThe COVID-induced isolation—and worse—permeating our “senior living facilities” is a haunting reminder that, as a society, we lost something precious by migrating away from multi-generational living. Continue Reading »
The Rise of Wildean Wokeism
by Alexander RileyA controversy at my university opened my eyes to how many of my colleagues have been indoctrinated into woke dogma. Continue Reading »
Freedom After Communism
by Ben SixsmithThe fight for freedom can be intoxicating. Defining it has proved more difficult.
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How We Pray
by John WilsonI often feel great disjunction between my own experience of prayer and what many people say about it—not only in books, but in conversation, in church, and in many other settings. Continue Reading »
Imperial Selves and Deteriorating Persons
by M. D. AeschlimanBoth arrant trumpery and much of our current “Great Awakening” are lethal to Western civilization, of which we are the beneficiaries and should be the guardians. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—January 2022
by EditorsOur editors reflect on Eugene Vodolazkin, detective fiction, Jonathan Franzen, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, and Flannery O’Connor. Continue Reading »
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