The recent shootings expose the radical individualism of white American evangelicals once more
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The Politics of Life
“Rights” language must, more often than not, give way to civic humanism
Is College Really Worth It?
For those wary of macro-debt, a micro-college may be the way to go
Ourselves, Alone?
What the evolution of Sinn Féin nationalism reveals about the contemporary "crisis" of liberalism
The Sights and Sounds of Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s film shows us what it means to come down to joy
Satanic Portals, HIS-story, and Doug Mastriano
The Christian Right seems incapable of democratic conversation
Consumer Capture
Our rights don’t come from companies. They come from being citizens.
BOOK MARKS: With Dark-Lantern and Bow-String
“‘Let us assume’ turns in a few pages into ‘We may assume,’ which, in a few more, is ‘As we have shown’ . . .”
Scooby Doo and the Black Robe Regiments
Effective political engagement requires real historical understanding
What If Pro-Choice Politicians Acknowledged That Abortion Is a Moral Problem?
If they did, they might find themselves more in line with their constituencies
The Strange Bedfellows of Anti-Woke Alarmism
The confessions of a recovering culture warrior
“There Are Many Ways of Serving God”
The final installment of a series of meditations on Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine
What Jane Addams Knew
Digital age democrats have a new old friend. She lives at 808 S. Halsted St., Chicago.
Christian Nationalisms, Easter Risings
Early visions for Catholic Ireland provide a counterpoint to today’s rhetoric about “Christian America”
A Meditation on Doomscrolling, Picnics, and the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict
When war becomes a spectacle, what have we become?
In Praise of an Unsung Vocation
This commencement season, here’s another role model to consider: stepmother
“Have You Understood Anything of What is Going On?”
The third in a series of meditations on Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine
DC DISPATCH: Dare to Discipline
The sorry case of Madison Cawthorn raises a question: Exactly what line did he cross?
Party Like It’s 1789
The Founders' fears of political parties seem more than justified today
The Pandemic and the Mystery Novel
How do we discern the plot of life?