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Last 20 ArticlesThe Tyrant - Father James V. Schall, S.J.The tyrant is always among the most important figures to understand. Read more... Man's search for meaning - Viktor FanklIn some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning. Read more... Gendercide: when choice becomes an issue - Margaret SomervilleIndignation over sex-selection shows that abortion is not just a private matter. Read more... Are the Gospels Myth? - Carl OlsonSo, are the four Gospels "myth"? Can they be trusted as historical records? Read more... Satan - Father George RutlerSatan never looks like Satan. Read more... A brilliant reign: Queen Elizabeth at 60 years on the throne - Conrad BlackIt does not seem like 60 years ago that my late brother said to our half-asleep parents as we departed early for school: "There was a bug in my cereal, and by the way, the King is dead." Read more... Do We Need the Department of Education? - Charles MurrayThe case for the Department of Education could rest on one or more of three legs: its constitutional appropriateness, the existence of serious problems in education that could be solved only at the federal level, and/or its track record since it came into being. Let us consider these in order. Read more... Getting It Right 'The Morning After' - Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.The "morning-after" pill, also known as "Plan B," is often provided in hospital emergency rooms to women who have been sexually assaulted. Read more... The End of Charity - Theodore DalrympleThat judgments in the past were harsh or unfeeling is, alas, the case. But that is a reason for refining our judgment, not for refraining from exercising it at all. Read more... The New Singleness - Maggie GallagherIn the cover story in a recent Atlantic magazine, Kate Bolick declares her liberation from marriage: "It's time to embrace new ideas about romance and family - and to acknowledge the end of 'traditional' marriage as society’s highest ideal." Read more... A Child - Anthony EsolenEverywhere outside of Christianity, wrote Hans Urs von Balthasar, the child is automatically the first to be sacrificed. Only for Christians is the adult the imperfect child. Read more... Values Inequality - W. Bradford WilcoxCharles Murray's new book Coming Apart demolishes the idea that the white working class remains the guardian of core American values like religious faith, hard work and marriage. Read more... The Humility of Science, the Arrogance of Scientists - Anthony EsolenI have no intent to demean scientists. I wish merely to see them for what they are, and to see their work for what it is, and to protect the polity from placing too much trust in their unacknowledged priesthood. Read more... Hard Times Again - Theodore DalrympleUnder the impact of today's economic crisis Charles Dickens seems timelier than ever. Read more... Freedom of Conscience - Father George RutlerOur many fellow Catholics now enchained for the Faith of our Fathers in such places as China, Syria, and Egypt are, as Father Faber's hymn says, "in heart and conscience free." But what happens when a government tries to chain the conscience itself? Read more... 'Remarkable work of grace' in Boston, 10 years on - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIs it over? Yes and no. It was 10 years ago this month that the sexual abuse crisis exploded in the archdiocese of Boston, with reverberations across the world. Read more... ObamaCare and Religious Freedom - Archbishop Timothy M. DolanHow about some respect for Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease? Read more... "To everyone who has, more will be given" - Dom Anscar Vonier, O.S.B.In the things of God and of the Holy Spirit, wealth is the rule; the more you have, the more you receive. Read more... A Thread for Weaving Joy - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.The great French Jesuit Henri de Lubac once wrote, "Suffering is the thread from which the stuff of joy is woven. Never will the optimist know joy." Those seem like strange words, especially for Americans. Read more... The Best Films of 2011 - Steven D. Greydanus2011 was a good year for film, and particularly for depictions of faith in film - but not in the Hollywood mainstream on either count. Read more...
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