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President Trump has done more than any politician in living memory to fan the flames of ethnic and racial antipathy and nurture a culture of bigotry. Read More

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The very best way to tame male aggression is to surround the growing boy with two parents and with a community that offers positive outlets for his energy and drive. But pending renewal of our family life, it might not be crazy to place limits on some guns for cosmetic reasons. Read More

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Is there a red hat in Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia’s future? If so, it will be as a reward for knee-capping scholars of impeccable scholarly credentials and personal probity, deeply beloved by their students. Read More

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Genuine renewal in the Church requires both paths to reform: structural and administrative changes, as well as ongoing conversion and growth in holiness. Read More

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The Democrats’ pretense that we can provide Medicare for All and receive the same level of care we’ve become accustomed to is applesauce. Read More

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A land of hope is one that is ever moving toward a better future but also one that must see its limitations and appreciate how to work within the context of limitation. Wilfred McClay’s account of America ultimately points readers toward this seeming contradiction which, in his woven-together story of the country, reveals itself in the end as the glory of living out tensions inherent in the human condition. Read More

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Few columnists in American history have understood politics as well or taken serious ideas as seriously as George Will. Read More

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Institutional neutrality means that universities should avoid taking official political stands, such as divestment from fossil fuels, since such actions tend to pressure faculty and students holding contrary views into silence. Read More

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Critics once compared the novelist Nelson Algren to Dostoyevsky and Dickens, but even at his best, he lacks Dickens’s warmth of soul and love for middle-class normality, and he does not possess the least trace of Dostoevsky’s intellect or spiritual magnificence. Read More

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In a conversation with Andy Fitch for the Los Angeles Review of Books, EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner discusses his new book The Death of Politics and the state of conservatism today. Read More

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Self-driving cars will ruin our connection to the metal beast. Read More

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Forty years after Pope John Paul II bent the course of the 20th century in a more humane direction during his first pilgrimage to his Polish homeland in June 1979, new information continues to emerge about what happened behind the scenes, shedding further light on those epic events. Read More

(See also Mr. Weigel’s interview with Catholic Digest about his latest book and how average Christians can cope with the changes of postmodernity — and perhaps even make a contribution to restoring order in society.)