A Great Teacher & a Welcome Manifesto
September 16, 2026
Reluctant as I am to fiddle with the U.S. Constitution, I’m willing to consider an amendment banning any elementary school...
George Weigel
The Best Film Ever? Revisiting a Classic
September 9, 2026
The year 1966 was great for movies, and six decades later, the five Best Picture nominations at the Academy Awards...
Stories That Tell the US Catholic Story
September 2, 2026
In honor of the national semiquincentennial, here are some novels that help tell the Catholic story in these U.S. through...
The Work Ethic Incarnate
August 19, 2026
Baltimore (not Indianapolis) Colts split end Raymond Berry, who died on May 25 at age 93, is the embodiment of...
Ukraine and the Limits of Dialogue
August 12, 2026
For months now, I have been receiving alarming, early-morning text messages from Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halyč, leader of the...
World Cup Blues, Of a Sort
July 29, 2026
Duty requires me to note what’s wrong with soccer (a.k.a. “football”) in general and the FIFA World Cup in particular.
Remembering Robert Wilken
July 22, 2026
Robert Louis Wilken — radical Christian disciple, devoted husband and father, distinguished patristics scholar, elegant writer, serious baseball guy —...
A 250th Birthday Meditation
July 15, 2026
As we thank God for the gift of the U.S., let us remind ourselves and each other that freedom is...
The Strength of Jimmy Lai
June 18, 2026
What can his fellow Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment? We can hold him in prayer every day....
John Paul II and America
June 11, 2026
It’s probably fair to say that John Paul II began his papacy with an impression of American Catholicism not dissimilar...