Russia, Ukraine, and Moral Reckoning
by George WeigelPutin is conducting a carefully orchestrated campaign to reverse history’s verdict in the Cold War and subjugate the now-independent former “republics” of the old Soviet Union. Continue Reading »
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Encanto and the Benedict Option
by Leah Libresco SargeantAny community of refuge, especially a Benedict Option community, must find a way for its members to support one another in moving from fear to courage, scarcity to charity, walls to windows. Continue Reading »
Loving and Hating the Middle Ages
by John DugganModern people, despite being drawn to medieval aesthetics and artificats, cannot seem to bear to examine what those artifacts are modeled on: the intelligible order glimpsed by the eye of faith. Continue Reading »
Pro-lifers Must Go on Offense
by Frank CannonLife is a winning issue, and by putting it front and center in the political arena, we can change the culture and save countless lives. Continue Reading »
A Politics of Home
by Diederik BoomsmaRather than doubling down on the politics of safety, we need a politics of home that points toward the permanent things. Continue Reading »
Van Gogh’s God
by Peter J. LeithartVan Gogh didn’t reject the supernatural, but naturalized it. What terror there is in his paintings is the sublime terror evoked by the uncanny beauty of what Scripture identifies as the glory of God. Continue Reading »
Why Preaching Is Central to Priesthood
by Carl R. TruemanPreaching lays claim to that power of language with the authority of God behind it. It is thus an assertion of reality, a reminder of God’s sovereignty and our dependence upon him. Continue Reading »
Elite Grifters
by Julius KreinFew of the 9.9 percent would sacrifice anything for an ideology—but a great many hope to raise money on one. Continue Reading »
Marching Toward a Different Future
by George WeigelA post-Roe America will be a country that needs the March for Life as much as ever, and perhaps even more. Continue Reading »
Jesus the Carpenter
by Kari Jenson GoldThe life of the mind can be a precious, beautiful thing, but divorced from the physical, it leads inexorably to corruption. Continue Reading »
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