Two Families and the Communion of Saints
February 2, 2022
Despite being immersed for over 30 years in the study of modern Polish history, I must confess that I’d never...
George Weigel
Russia, Ukraine, And Moral Reckoning
January 26, 2022
There have been vast improvements in the techniques and technology of filmmaking since 1961, when Stanley Kramer made “Judgment at...
Marching Toward A Different Future
January 21, 2022
The annual March for Life in Washington began in 1974 — and it’s hard to think of a more admirable...
Who Invented The Individual?
January 13, 2022
A common misconception holds that early “modernity” invented the “individual”: the idea that everyone is a someone with a unique...
The Sacred Earthiness Of Christmas
December 23, 2021
Christianity begins in a real place, at a specific point in time in which real men and women met an...
USCCB Certainly Had A Stance on Abortion
December 16, 2021
When I began working with some regularity in Rome thirty years ago, my elders and betters taught me that no...
From Germany in 1936 to Beijing 2022
December 9, 2021
In July 2016, as we were sitting on the fantail of the Swiss sidewheeler Rhone while she chugged across Lake...
Books to Give For Christmas 2021
December 3, 2021
Some suggestions for Christmas giving, in the form of books that amuse, inspire, educate or all-of-the-above.
On Being Thankful for America at Thanksgiving
November 28, 2021
This Thanksgiving, no one living in the United States should be anything but profoundly grateful for the privilege of living...
Catholic Progressives And the Culture War
November 19, 2021
The culture war defining much of contemporary public life throughout the western world comes in two forms.