Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Consolations of Middle Age
This past June I attended my daughter’s high school graduation. Observing the wrinkles, gray hair, and softening…
Polutropos
Sing, O Muse, of the man of many reverses,the man with a mind of many winding ways,turned…
A Rabbi for Christians
Judaism is not even a religion.” This striking line appears in Immanuel Kant’s Religion Within the Boundaries…
Standing in the Cold
Winter is a bad time. Whether for a season or for a life, it dampens the self.…
Idealistic Nihilism
We live in paradoxical times. Over the last two generations, college students, especially at top-ranking universities, have…
Catholic Schools: Control Your Own Destinies
In the world of classical education, including the Catholic sector, the challenge is logistical. We have institutional models…
Recovering Our Memory
Being executive director of a think tank that monitors the health of marriage and family in America…
The Ulma Family and Living the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Wartime
In 1944, in Markowa, Poland, a German firing squad executed Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, their six children…
One Year Without George Pell
Just ten days after the death of Pope Benedict XVI on New Year’s Eve 2022, we were…
Claudine Gay, Jimmy Lai, and the Truth of Things
To my mind, the most cringe-inducing moment in the drama of Claudine Gay and her resignation as…
Hopes and Wishes for 2024
It is January 12, not January 1, but this is my first column of the New Year…
A Christian School, Unofficially Classical
There aren’t as many classical schools in the state of Arkansas as there are in other states.…
Rossetti the Unmodern
Life wreathes flowers for death to wear. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), who said as much, is dead…
BAP’s Confusions
Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophyby costin alamariuindependently published, 368 pages, $29.69 Costin Alamariu, also known…
Commonsense Morality
As has become distressingly clear, many people blame the Israelis for the atrocities that Hamas terrorists perpetrated…
