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The Return of Strong Religion

R. R. Reno

From the print edition: 
There is no appetite for easy or permissive religion. The young want conviction. More

It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood

John Mize and Jeffrey Barrows

Planned Parenthood receives massive government funding but fails to provide quality medical services. More

The Pitfalls of Making America “Hot” Again

Virginia Aabram

The conservative coalition can do better than to prop up “hotness” as a cardinal virtue.  More

Lessons from Declining Protestant Churches

Carl R. Trueman


Prioritizing church agencies over local ministry is an enduring problem. More

My Family and Other Gnostics

John Byron Kuhner

 
 
Gerald Durrell’s sunny memoir My Family and Other Animals glosses over the family’s dysfunction. More

Wisconsin Against Religious Charity

Jack Fitzhenry

 
The state determined that Catholic Charities serves no “religious purpose.” More

The Many Faces of Capitalism

Peter J. Leithart

 
 
From Adam Smith to Louis Blanc, there’s a complex history to the word capitalism. More

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