Letters to the Editor: September 2022

Why There? Why Now?... Cellphones: Not Evil... The Precious Present... A Commonsense Guide for Befuddled Catholics... The Price of Success in Protestant America... Good Riddance... more

The News You May Have Missed: September 2022

Still the Chaplain... Just Ducky... Goodbye, Guidestones... The Rich Man for the Job... Paging Bond, James Bond... OB Baby Boom... and more

Christians at the End of the Pax Americana

FROM A WARFARE STATE TO A WELFARE STATE

Robert McTeigue

With the welfare/warfare state, one may wonder: which came first? They are both features of empires, especially in the latter stages of an empire’s lifecycle.

What Is Integralism?

MOVING BEYOND LIBERALISM

Thomas Storck

As the liberal order embraces more and more insanity, Catholics are stopping to ask whether there was something wrong with the liberal project from the outset.

An Apologia for Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet

THE BLACK-ROBED DEFENDER OF NATIVE AMERICANS

Clement Anthony Mulloy

Though the Indians held the Black Robes in high regard, one -- above all others -- gained the respect and trust of the Native tribes.

Neocon Hubris & the Battle for Ukraine

EVER THE WARMONGERS

Pieter Vree

Pat Buchanan warned in 1999 about expanding NATO to include Ukraine: “By moving NATO onto Russia’s front porch, we have scheduled a 21st-century confrontation.”

The Post-Liberal Project & the American Polis

NAVIGATING THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Casey Chalk

The post-liberal project is an interesting intellectual exercise that offers cautions regarding Catholicism’s imperfect alliance with the current American regime.

After Dobbs: What’s Next?

PROCLAIMING TRUTH ABOUT JUSTICE & LOVE

James G. Hanink

Our shared vocation as Christians is showing our neighbors that destroying preborn babies cannot be an act of justice, much less of love.

Waiting for Ambrose

GUEST COLUMN

Eric Jackson

One of the prime characteristics of the Church in our time is an almost complete absence of discipline, even in dioceses led by good bishops.

Ecclesial Storm Watch

Monica Migliorino Miller

The current crisis is a result of private judgment that denies, or at least reshapes, objective reality combined with loss of belief in God-given ecclesial authority.

Briefly Reviewed: September 2022

The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done... The Reactionary Mind: Why “Conservative” Isn’t Enough