“To Keep It All the Year”: A Resolution
by Alexander RileyWe must strive to keep the spirit of Christmas not just on Christmas Day, or during the holiday season, but every day and always. Continue Reading »
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Morality in the Age of Machines
by John WatersThe machine will allegedly elevate humans according to values different from those of nature—a Superman. Where have we heard that before? Continue Reading »
Reality Is Messy
by John WilsonLet us resolve, in this new year, to push back against the fashionable narrative that our society is more divided than ever. Continue Reading »
Who Invented the Individual?
by George WeigelBy desacralizing state power, Christianity helped make possible the idea of the limited state, which was not an immaculate conception sprung from the mind of John Locke. Continue Reading »
Peter Bogdanovich, the Man Who Knew Too Much
by Peter TonguetteThroughout his career, Bogdanovich stood apart from his New Hollywood peers, presenting a far milder view of human nature untainted by cynicism. Continue Reading »
Return of the Cyborgs
by Mary HarringtonA newly-influential strand of feminism aims to free us from the inconvenience of embodiment. Continue Reading »
American Jesuit
by Tony AbbottPaul Mankowski’s goal wasn’t to be lauded by his peers or to be personally fulfilled. It was to do his duty to God by selflessly serving an order that rarely hid its scorn for him. Continue Reading »
I Will Consider My Cat Butter
by Peter J. LeithartAs junior members of the company of living souls, animals are summoned, along with human beings, to worship God. Continue Reading »
Our Shared Affirmations
by R. R. RenoYour financial support is a vote of confidence in what we’re doing online and in the magazine. But it’s more than that. The inflow of donations shows that lots of people are willing to take a position, to stand up and be counted. Continue Reading »
The Arch
by Raymond J. de SouzaTutu was the great hope for a peaceful civil rights movement in the Apartheid era, an African Martin Luther King Jr. Continue Reading »
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