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A selection of recent articles on this topic

Catholic Lite and Europe’s Demographic Suicide

George Weigel

Ten years ago, after my meditation on Europe, The Cube and the Cathedral, had appeared in several…

The War on Tenure

Jennifer A. Frey

If you think the threats to our freedom are primarily external, you haven’t been paying attention. In…

The Saul Complex

Peter J. Leithart

Saul’s three sins (1 Samuel 13-15) correspond to the sins of Adam, Cain, and the sons of…

Killer Show

Aaron Kheriaty

Thirteen Reasons Why begins just after high school sophomore Hannah Baker has killed herself. Over the course…

“I Just Want Her To Be Happy”

Leonard Sax

The Science Talent Search is the leading science competition for American high school students. It’s often referred…

The Importance of Jackie Robinson

George Weigel

In the history of the modern American civil rights movement, three iconic moments are typically cited. May…

Why Read Great Books?

David Randall

Three professors involved in Great Books programs at Columbia University—Casey N. Blake, Roosevelt Montás, and Tamara Mann…

A Springtime of Hope for Catholic Education

K. E. Colombini

Recent announcements out of two Catholic colleges appear to provide both good news and bad news about…

Surveying Sex, Denying Childhood

Carl R. Trueman

Is it appropriate for strangers to ask a thirteen-year-old girl whether she has ever had sexual intercourse?…

The Two Faces of Amoris Laetitia

Mats Wahlberg

Two completely different—and logically incompatible—arguments in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried have figured in…

Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style

Bethany Mandel

In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, characters “go Galt” by disappearing into a valley, Galt’s Gulch, when society…

Can We Talk?

Timothy George

So much of the Bible, and thus so much of the Bible’s theology, takes place through conversations.…

The Benedict Option and the Way of Exchange

Alan Jacobs

Surely there has never been a richer and more deeply faithful model of Christian faith and practice…

Laughing into Modernity

Peter J. Leithart

Christians have long worried over laughter. Church fathers pointed out that Jesus wept but never laughed, and…

The Right to Be Yourself?

Douglas Farrow

During the rollout of our university’s Preferred First Name Policy (PFNP), the McGill Reporter offered this apologia…