Russell Shaw
Free speech, conscience, and the court
In his much discussed indictment of secularized liberal democracy, Polish philosopher and sometime government minister Ryszard Legutko writes bitingly of... Read more
Pro-life and the U.S. Supreme Court
Defeat on a Senate procedural vote last January of legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy was a... Read more
Grisez’s influence on Catholic moral thinking
“We are all students of Grisez now.” The man who said that several years ago was a Catholic theologian not... Read more
Religious freedom and U.S. foreign policy
Promoting international religious liberty is one of those things that America ought to be doing for its own sake, but... Read more
The morality of nuclear deterrence
“We are at the limit of what is licit.” In early December Pope Francis offered that assessment of nuclear deterrence... Read more
The spiritual journey of Robert Hugh Benson
It’s said that Robert Hugh Benson’s conversion to Roman Catholicism was an act of rebellion against his father, Edward White... Read more
A post-truth culture
Has America become home to a post-truth culture? I ran into that phrase – “post-truth culture” – casually applied to... Read more
The Supreme Court’s new abortion case
Imagine the government ordered Ford dealers to post signs telling prospective auto buyers to check out Chevrolet or required vegan... Read more
Marriage and social class
Among the benign myths that lie close to the hearts of many Americans is the belief that, in the end,... Read more
Atheists and believers: Talking past each other
The challenge of finding language in which believers and non-believers can communicate is unintentionally illustrated in a bestselling new book... Read more
The dangers of U.S. “groupthink”
As a kind of back-to-school gift to students, professors at three of the nation’s prestige schools offered them a piece... Read more
Friendship – the remedy for racism
Amid the cries of alarm in the wake of the tragic violence in Charlottesville, one unanswered question stands out: After... Read more
Learning to read Chesterton
I suppose it will be considered heresy in some quarters, but I’ve never been what you would call a fan... Read more
Europe’s Christian identity
Looking at things from this side of the Atlantic, it is easy to think of Europe as a single, united... Read more
The Supreme Court and church schools
Will a preschool kids’ playground turn out to be the path that leads to ending a historic form of discrimination... Read more
War on chastity
G.K. Chesterton got a lot of things right. Here’s one: “The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes... Read more
America First for the Fourth of July?
Along with the customary cluster of cookouts, parades, and fireworks, the 4th of July this year brings something different to... Read more
America's multifaceted crisis of addiction
It would be too simple to say that temperance is the sole solution to America’s multifaceted crisis of addiction, but... Read more
Trump and the Media
Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do. That’s been the story of Donald Trump’s relationship with... Read more
Being legalistic and being law-abiding, and the big difference
In case you didn’t notice, Pope Francis thinks legalism is a bad thing – and that’s good news. For legalism,... Read more
