American Politics
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More on the College of the Holy Cross
Charlotte Allen and George Weigel have each written sharply on the controversy at the College of the…
Our Lady of Everything
Mary and the Art of Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life and Thoughtby…
Rights in Common
The dazzling efficiency with which corporate America exchanges its turkeys and pumpkins for snowmen and reindeer each…
Clarify Me, Please, God of the Galaxies
The English poet Elizabeth Jennings had the peculiar fate of being in the right place at the…
Prayer for the Farmers
Tonight I add a fourth chapter to prayer.I pray first for the ministries of priestswho serve me…
Fake Crimes
Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and pro-family organizations have a common adversary, one that is virulent and relentless. The…
Having a Baby at the End of the World
Future Home of the Living Godby louise erdrichharpercollins, 288 pages, $28.99 Never trust the teller, trust the…
April: By God
April turns to May and the apple-blossom scatters the pavement. Along the riverbank, deserted two weeks ago,…
The Sins of Chick-fil-A
Recently, New Yorker contributor Dan Piepenbring noted with horror that Chick-fil-A, the chicken-sandwich chain that has been…
In For the Long Haul
I’m writing from San Antonio, Texas, where Wendy and I are visiting our daughter Mary, our son-in-law…
Two Kingdom Theology in the Trump Era
From October 2017 until October 2018, Protestants around the world, especially Lutherans, are commemorating the five hundredth…
Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads
Physicians have many ways of influencing medical decisions made by the parents of children in their care.…
#BillHybelsToo?
The multiple recent allegations of sexual impropriety lodged against megachurch pastor Bill Hybels are provoking heated discussion…
Baseball and Synod 2018
I trust it won’t cause heartburn among the editors of Commonweal if I confess to having cheered…
The HR-ification of the Public Square
Kevin Williamson’s firing from the Atlantic has become that most annoying of cultural metaphors: the Rorschach test.…
