Letters to the Editor: April 2026

Obedience? To Whom?... We Are Powerful Peacekeepers... Have We Sped Past Our Exit?... Authority in Context... Threats From Within & Without

The News You May Have Missed: April 2026

Home Improvements... Johnny Don’t Read... Swiss Misdemeanor... Picklebrawl... Till Disillusionment Do Us Part... Superhuman Swimmer... and more

Is Everyone Evil — or, Deep Down, Is Everyone Good?

THE CAMP OF CYNICS VS. THE CAMP OF UTOPIANS

J. Budziszewski

Our desire to simplify the answers to this question is so strong that we flatten out their nuances and read our own “Yes” or “No” into them.

Praying Along the Via Lucis

AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION

Hurd Baruch

We can prolong our Easter rejoicing, as the Via Lucis begins right where the Via Crucis leaves off, and, in this new devotion, the Christ we honor is the risen one.

Who Really Killed Goliath?

A PILLAR OF COURAGE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

Tony Foster

What if I told you there is a competing tradition in the Old Testament about an individual with a much lower profile who slayed Goliath?

Suicidal Empathy, European Style

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

The Pope's immigration rhetoric doesn’t reflect the everyday reality in the cradle of Christendom. It seems to be born of a sentimentality that is disastrous in practice.

Motives of Credibility: The Growth of the Church

REVERT'S ROSTRUM

Casey Chalk

Over 2,000 years, empires have risen and fallen but the Catholic Church remains. She is the world's oldest continuous institution and claims over a billion adherents.

Dilexi Te & Christian Confusion About Poverty

COVENANT & CIVILIZATION

Marcus Peter

A society that honors enterprise, private property, and moral restraint comes closer to the biblical vision of justice than any welfare bureaucracy ever will.

An Honest, Alternative U.S. History

Jerry D. Salyer

'The American Venture' makes clear that the question of how being American relates to being Catholic is more challenging than many admit.

Briefly Reviewed: April 2026

Here we review Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Ruth Pakaluk.