Opinion
Month: May 2016
Interview
The non-profit law firm on the front lines of the religious liberty fight
The Thomas More Society is a non-profit, public-interest law firm with a particular focus on life and religious liberty issues. It was founded in 1997 by attorney Thomas Brejcha, who was forced to leave his […]
Interview
The History, Enemies, and Importance of Natural Law
Dr. John Lawrence Hill is a law professor at Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, where he teaches constitutional law, torts, civil procedure and legal philosophy courses. He is the author […]
Opinion
Daniel Berrigan and Non-Violence
Last week Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J. passed away at the age of 94. Though many younger Catholics might not remember him, Fr. Berrigan was one of the most provocative and controversial religious figures of his […]
Opinion
Daniel Berrigan, S.J. 1921-2016: Underground in America
It is a nice coincidence that as I sit down to write about Daniel Berrigan, S.J., who died April 30 at age 94, I am gazing out over the house on Block Island where he […]
Essay
Bruised, Yet Resurrected: On Motherhood and the Virgin Mary
The night I first saw the film Full of Grace is one I won’t soon forget. It was a night of extreme paradox. We were invited to the premiere by my parents, who had purchased […]
History
Why is this non-Catholic scholar debunking “centuries of anti-Catholic history”?
Dr. Rodney Stark has written nearly 40 books on a wide range of topics, incuding a number of recent books on the history of Christianity, monotheism, Christianity in China, and the roots of modernity. After beginning as […]
Opinion
Farewell, Social Media
Media are not neutral. Marshall McLuhan reminded us all that the medium is itself the message, that while we think we’re getting content mediated to us somehow untouched by the media mediating it, the medium […]
Essay
The Image of Man Has Been Raised Up: On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
“You ascended into glory, O Christ our God, and You delighted the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit. Through this blessing, they were assured that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer […]
Books
Politics, Religion, and the Ruling Class
Angelo M. Codevilla is a professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University (where he taught from 1995 to 2008), a former U.S. naval officer and Foreign Service officer, a former senior research fellow at […]