Public Life
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Fallacy of Private Religion
Catholic Twitter recently enjoyed a rare moment of unity when Labour MP Chris Coghlan used the platform…
Angels and Kingdoms
We are familiar with the “disenchantment” thesis about modern culture. When Max Weber suggested it in the…
The Flawed System of Sexual Abuse Settlements
There was a window from the late 1980s through the early 2000s when the sex abuse of…
Can Progressives Get Behind Parental Rights for All?
Imagine the following scenario: A Louisiana school district introduces a “family life” curriculum for public preschools and…
Make Harvard Congregationalist Again
President Trump’s so-called One, Big, Beautiful Bill contains a slew of interesting provisions, one of which concerns…
The Fed and the College
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Brad Lingo joins in…
Obergefell Must Go
Last week marked ten years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges—the case that invalidated…
God and Woman at Cornell
This essay is adapted from a public conversation at Cornell University with Elizabeth Lyon Hall, head of…
Classical Renewal by Research
The research pursued these days in university humanities departments does not, as a rule, enjoy high esteem…
“Public” Does Not Mean “State” or “Government”
In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Classical Education Keeps Growing
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Martin Cothran joins in…
A Time of Revival
The winds of Christian renewal are gathering strength. The Bible Society in Great Britain recently conducted a…
Glenn Greenwald Is Not a Victim
In a scene from the 1961 British neo-noir film Victim, four gay men are having a conversation…
Zoning Out
In an era in which the American dream slips ever further from the grasp of the common…
To My Uncle Screwtape: Concerning the Enemy’s Schools
We publish here, unedited, an intercepted letter from the novice devil Wormwood to his mentor Screwtape. My…
