American Politics
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Challenges Ahead for Poland’s Conservatives
The recent Polish elections ended in a resounding victory for the ruling national conservative Law and Justice…
Dark Days in Northern Ireland
Until midnight on October 21, abortion was permitted in Northern Ireland only if the mother’s life was…
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2019: #7
The synods of 2014 and 2015, called to examine the grave challenges posed to marriage and family…
Poland Polarized
In the recent Polish election, the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) received 43.59 percent of the…
A Chance to Challenge Roe?
This term, the Supreme Court will hear June Medical Services v. Gee, which concerns a Louisiana law…
Why You Should Read Peter Handke
As always, I’m writing for anyone willing to take the time to read. But in this instance,…
Letters From the Synod-2019: #6
“Guests” on Planet Earth? At a gathering of like-minded scribes and media commentators shortly after Synod-2019 began,…
Human Dignity Redefined
In revolutionary countries you expect to find desecration: churches turned into lavatories or reformatories, their sanctuaries wrecked…
Houellebecq and the Death of Europe
Serotonin: A Novelby michel houellebecqfarrar, straus and giroux, 320 pages, $27 Europe is old, decrepit, and suffering…
Brexit and Britain’s Collapse
It looks like the dust will soon settle in British politics, and when it does we will…
Beto’s Woke Integralism
In 2008, Barack Obama was well within the mainstream of American opinion when he said that “I believe…
Canada’s Toxic Nationalism
The rise of nationalist discourse in American public life has generated a fierce riposte. According to its…
Ronald Reagan and The King’s College
Carol Swain, a former professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt, recently weighed in on a controversy at The…
How Gay Rights Empower the Rich
The Supreme Court heard a group of cases yesterday that will require the justices to decide whether the…
Conservative Heroes
I graduated from Wyoming Catholic College in May. The college is nestled in the foothills of the Wind…