THREE TALES OF A CITY:
BLOOMBERG, DE BLASIO, AND TRUMP
By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow
The Wall Street Journal
New York has a multiple personality. Messrs. Bloomberg, de Blasio, and Trump represent three faces of the city, each of them distinct and vivid and typical.
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ED WHELAN DISCUSSES TRUMP,
JUDICIARY ON C-SPAN
On November 6, EPPC President Ed Whelan appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss President Trump’s judicial appointments. Click here to view the segment.
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FREEDOM, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, IS NEVER FREE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
The Catholic World Report
There was a deep and decisive causal connection between the first of the Nine Days of John Paul II in Poland in June 1979 and the stunning fall of the Berlin Wall—and the bright thread within that connection was religious freedom. Read More
(See also this recent interview in which Mr. Weigel discusses his latest book, his thoughts on Catholic-Evangelical dialogue, and more.)
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IBSEN’S SOULCRAFT
By EPPC Fellow Algis Valiunas
First Things
Henrik Ibsen’s daring created the taste by which he is now appreciated. He was the arch-poet of emancipatory liberalism. Read More
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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHOWS JUST HOW CLUELESS IT IS ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
The administration is right to want to give tax relief to the middle and working class. But members of the president’s economic team need to get out of their bubble and discover who those people really are. Read More
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IMPEACHMENT FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
Syndicated Column
Wouldn’t our culture be healthier if Democrats had not chosen tribalism over principle in defending Bill Clinton from impeachment? Read More
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THE EXPOSURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The Atlantic
What is on display on Capitol Hill is not simply an impeachment inquiry into an unscrupulous president; it is the ongoing, deepening complicity and corruption of the party he leads. Read More
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PARALLEL LIVES OF DONALD TRUMP
By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow
The Wall Street Journal
If Plutarch studied American presidents, to which would he compare and contrast the 45th? Read More
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TRUMP IS DOWN, BUT FAR FROM OUT
By EPPC Senior Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
While head-to-head polls are interesting, history provides a clearer guide to whether a president gets reelected — specifically, job-approval ratings. Read More
(See also Mr. Olsen’s piece explaining how last week’s elections held some “good news for the GOP...that shows our continuing realignment moves in two directions.”)
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FAITH ANGLE MAKES EUROPEAN DEBUT
Last week, EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum held its 34th conference—this time in France, making it FAF’s first-ever gathering in Europe. Over two days, sixteen journalists from the U.S. and Europe, along with eight scholars, convened for sessions on the rise of national populism, immigration in Europe, how ancient biblical wisdom can speak to today’s problems, and how religious pluralism might be renewed today.
Full audio, video, and transcripts of these sessions will be available soon at FaithAngle.org. In the meantime, check out this recent episode of the Faith Angle podcast on the emergence of national populism, featuring Dr. Matthew Goodwin and EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen.
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FEARLESSNESS AND THE AMERICAN BISHOPS IN ROME
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
For all its faults—and they are many—the Catholic Church in the United States lives the New Evangelization better than any other local Church in the developed world. Read More
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WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT PUTTING OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
Syndicated Column
Though fewer and fewer Americans care to admit it, the country’s long-term deficit and debt problems aren’t going away. Read More
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THE “SYNODALITY” MASQUERADE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
Serious consultation and collaboration are essential to effective pastoral leadership, including the leadership of the Bishop of Rome. But over the 50-plus years of its existence, no one has figured out how to make the Synod of Bishops really work. Read More
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