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The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin joins in to discuss his recent book, Forming Families, Forming Saints. The...
Course-Correcting the Sexual Revolution
Victims of the Revolution:How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us Allby nathanael blakeforeword by ryan t andersonignatius press, 272 pages, $18.95 John Lennon was an artist. And like any good artist—I...
Voyages to the End of the World
Francis Bacon dreamed of abolishing disease, natural disasters, and chance itself. He also dreamed of abolishing God.
An Important Civics Lesson, Well Taught
The permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., includes original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Constitution’s first ten amendments,...
Undermining the Church’s Public Witness
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki recently wrote in these pages that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to grant a lifetime achievement award to Sen. Dick Durbin is “gravely mistaken” because...
The Lost Art of Saying “No”
Conservative pundit Matt Walsh recently contended that “we have to recapture the long-lost art of saying ‘no.’” He argued that our culture is “no”-averse: “Most people in our culture...
The Cambrian Implosion
A historical moment ago, it was too obvious for words, but: Life is a blessing. So to regret the Cambrian Explosion that took place some 500 million years ago,...
Where Is God in The Lord of the Rings? (ft. Douglas Estes)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Douglas Estes joins in to discuss his recent books, Theology and Tolkien: Practical Theology and...
Zombie Bioethics
A recent article in MIT Technology Review carries the strange title, “Ethically sourced ‘spare’ human bodies could revolutionize medicine.” Three Stanford biologists and ethicists argue for the use of...
Tyler Robinson and the Violence of Porn
Multiple media outlets have reported that Tyler Robinson, the alleged murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was an avid consumer of pornography. The Daily Mail relays that Robinson was...
Faith Returns to the Public Square
Pastors, pundits, and politicians gathered in Phoenix last Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk. Seventy thousand people filled every seat of State Farm Stadium. Thousands more overflowed into the streets...
How Sen. Durbin Shifted on Abortion
On January 17, 1982, a young and not-yet-elected Richard J. Durbin served as the master of ceremonies for the Springfield Right to Life committee’s annual March for Life event...
The Essential Newman
I first read St. John Henry Newman in 1985, when I was a graduate student at Yale. One of my teachers, Hans Frei, assigned Newman’s Apologia Pro Vita Sua...
Pope and Parliament
The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Dan Hitchens joins Julia Yost. The conversation is embedded below. For...
Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Radical Ideology in K–12 Schools
The murder of Charlie Kirk has raised awareness of the danger that politicized anger and resentment pose to American society. Attention has largely focused on the internet’s role in...