Should Pastors Be Political?
by Ben C. DunsonThere are many confusing claims and counterclaims about whether pastors should be involved in politics. Continue Reading »
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Put Down the Woke Man's Burden
by James HankinsA leader needs the ability to champion an institution’s goals in reasonable, moral terms that can win approbation from both subordinates and outsiders. Bad conduct, incompetent speech, neglect of institutional goods, pursuit of private or factional interests—all of that dishonors and dispirits the whole enterprise. Continue Reading »
Wars and Choices
by George WeigelThe choice Ukrainians have made—the choice to defend their nationhood and their democracy—poses choices for the rest of the world. Continue Reading »
The Waste Land at 100
by Jason M. BaxterThe best place to read T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land—in order to commemorate its one hundredth anniversary this year—is the airport. Continue Reading »
Europe Was Born in Pilgrimage
by Itxu DíazThe Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, is receiving record numbers of pilgrims this year. Continue Reading »
Against National Conservatism
by Peter J. LeithartAs critics have pointed out, the NatCon statement ignores the universal ethical and political vision at the foundation of Western civilization. Continue Reading »
Prone to Wander
by Dustin MesserWhile the plight of man is to wander, the mission of God is to place. Yes, the Israelites are sinful and deserve no home, but God is merciful and eager to pursue them. Continue Reading »
Salman Rushdie and the Social Media Fatwa
by Carl R. TruemanThe desire to paralyze public discourse by threats, nastiness, and all-round verbal thuggery is the preferred approach of radicals of all shades of opinion on social media, be it Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Continue Reading »
What Vin Scully Taught Me
by Jesse ConeVin showed us, in the scaled-down cosmos of the baseball field, what it means to be an excellent practitioner of the art of baseball—and thereby, helped us understand something between the foul lines that we couldn’t see in our tabloids and tablets: virtue. Continue Reading »
“Matthew 25 Catholics”?
by George WeigelThe implication of declaring oneself a “Matthew 25 Catholic” is that supporting a broad range of social services for the poor and needy, welcoming the immigrant, and ticking all the other boxes on the Biden/Pelosi Democrats’ domestic policy agenda constitutes a moral “get out of jail free” card that can be played, first with the electorate, and then, presumably, with the Lord. Continue Reading »
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