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A special note to EPPC’s friends and supporters regarding the coronavirus pandemic:
We pray that you are staying safe and healthy during this extraordinary time. EPPC has temporarily closed its physical offices, but (as you will see from this newsletter) EPPC’s scholars and staff are continuing to do their high-caliber work from wherever they’re stationed. We continue to monitor this unfolding situation, and will make decisions about future scheduled events in light of the guidance of public health officials and out of concern for the safety and health of our scholars, staff, and guests.
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NIH DIRECTOR: ‘WE’RE ON AN
EXPONENTIAL CURVE’
By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The Atlantic
Dr. Francis Collins speaks with EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner about the coronavirus, his faith, and an unusual friendship.
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Earlier this month, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel delivered his 19th annual William E. Simon Lecture, titled “Saint John Paul II: A Centenary Reflection on a Life of Consequence.” View a high-definition video of this event here or by clicking the above image.
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DOUBLING DOWN ON A BAD DEAL
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
The bloom is off the Chinese rose just about everywhere in the world. So it is more than disturbing that the Holy See should be doubling down on what everyone (except those directly involved in cutting it) thinks is a very bad deal between the Vatican and China. Read More
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BIG GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO GET REALLY POPULAR
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
The Trump administration’s intent to ask for an $850 billion stimulus package to reduce the coronavirus’s economic impact is just the first example of the new normal. Read More
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RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR ELSE
By EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman
The New Criterion
The extremely low opinion, so the pollsters tell us, which Americans hold of the media could never bode well for an institution founded on the extremely high opinion the media hold of themselves. Read More
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PEOPLE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
By EPPC Fellow Luma Simms
Public Discourse
When our conception of relationships and relationship-building is based on a vision of the human person as an atomized choice maker who forms bonds for his or her benefit, we should not wonder why institutions decay. Our institutions are in crisis because we are in an identity crisis. Read More
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WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT AMERICA’S GENERAL ELECTION OCCURS ON TIME
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
If the coronavirus makes a comeback in mid-September, the prospect for a delayed general election will be squarely on the table. That would be a terrible decision. Read More
(See also Mr. Olsen’s pieces on how the most recent Democratic debate was “a truly masterful performance” by Joe Biden, and his piece on why Sen. Amy Klobuchar would be Biden’s best choice for a running mate.)
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FAREWELL TO THE PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
Congressman Dan Lipinski has been ousted by a progressive challenger who attacked him for failing to support abortion on demand. Read More
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AFTER THIS, VOTERS WILL TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
National Review Online
President Trump has been fortunate until now — as have we all — because no crisis has happened. But the coronavirus has obliterated that lucky streak. Read More
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IT’S STILL NOT BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMAN
By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
Elizabeth Warren’s campaign failed not because of misogyny but because she’s a dishonest, incompetent politician. Read More
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ALWAYS THE ERA OF THE SAINTS
By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things
Unless we reconfigure our lives to understand and act on it, the “new evangelization” will remain just another pious slogan. Read More
(See also Mr. Maier’s reflection on why “renewing the Church in our age will not primarily be a matter of technical skill or organizational structure or material resources ... but the persuasive power of faithful lay witness.”
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TRAUMA AND TABOO
By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White
The Catholic Thing
The Church is sometimes better prepared to deal with sinners than she is to help those hurt and wounded by sin. Read More
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CHURCHMANSHIP
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
“Churchmanship” connotes an etiquette, a once-taken-for-granted code of manners, that embodies an important truth of Catholic faith. When the etiquette crumbles, the truth can get lost amid the debris. Read More
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THE NEED FOR A HUMANE IMMIGRATION DEBATE
By EPPC Fellow Luma Simms
Law and Liberty
The immigration restrictionists at the turn of the 20th century were driven by eugenic doctrine, and they built their arguments on racial theories. So what do we do today with this legacy of the immigration restrictionists of old? Read More
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A LAST CHANCE FOR AUSTRALIAN JUSTICE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Catholic World Report
For Cardinal Pell’s sake, and for Australia’s, it must be hoped that, for once, and on its last chance, the Australian justice system will get it right. Read More
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