If you have access to the April 29 issue of The New Republic, take a look at a long review... Read more
Back in prehistoric times when my wife and I were busy doing our parenting, I paid very little attention to... Read more
Some early media reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden were, to use as charitable a word as possible,... Read more
For a long time I supposed that social issues — abortion, same-sex marriage, and the rest — were the great... Read more
Strange as it may seem at first, I find the key to the sanctity of Pope John Paul II in... Read more
The military intervention in Libya by the United States and NATO offers new evidence that the just war theory stands... Read more
After the death of Dr. Bernard Nathanson last month, we were reminded that somebody once asked him why he became... Read more
Some years ago the critic George Steiner published a provocative book called “Real Presences.” As far as I know, Steiner... Read more
Writing recently about Rick Santorum’s quest to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, George Will remarked that Santorum’s chances... Read more
It was a slow Saturday afternoon in the newsroom of the Washington Daily News. This was the fall of 1956,... Read more
According to the polls, most Americans don’t much care for abortion. That being so, the mystery of why legalized abortion... Read more
The latest WikiLeaks fiasco—hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables spilling out in the world’s media like the contents of... Read more
I see that apologists for the Iraq war are now pronouncing it a success. Even by modest standards of success—a... Read more
The first and perhaps most important thing to say about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks on the subject of condoms and... Read more
A Catholic vote or Catholics voting? The recent election sheds fresh light on that question. On Nov. 2 about 55 percent... Read more
“I’m getting more and more ticked off about this stuff,” I said.“How’s that?” my youngest daughter replied. “Day after day I... Read more