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May 12, 2020 at 11:02 AM

Joseph E. Capizzi and V. Bradley Lewis: Bullish on the Common Good?

American conservatives have increasingly turned to the idea of the common good as a solution to the vexed state of our politics. For example, in a rec Bullish on the Common Good? May 12, 2020 | by Joseph E. Capizzi and V. Bradley Lewis The common good is the final…
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May 11, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Glenn Moots: The End of Campus Education? Virtually Impossible

Prompted by student petitions, government orders, and recommendations of epidemiologists, America launched its largest-ever simultaneous educational e The End of Campus Education? Virtually Impossible May 11, 2020 | by Glenn Moots Our current national experiment r…
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May 10, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Thomas Pink: Integralism, Political Philosophy, and the State

There has been renewed interest among Catholics in the magisterial teaching that the state should recognize Catholicism as true and unite with the chu Integralism, Political Philosophy, and the State May 10, 2020 | by Thomas Pink Integralism delivers a more realis…
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May 9, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Bookshelf: Escaping into Historical Fiction

Long before I took up science fiction—the subject of my column last week—I was an enthusiast for well-crafted historical fiction, and I still am. Like Isolation Bookshelf: Escaping into Historical Fiction May 09, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck There is a great deal t…
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May 8, 2020 at 11:03 AM

James E. Hartley: Can Social Conservatives and Libertarians Still Be Friends?

On May 4th, American Compass was launched with “A Note of Introduction” declaring, “Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes th Can Social Conservatives and Libertarians Still Be Friends? May 08, 2020 | by James E. Hartley American Compass a…
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May 7, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Dan Lipinski: Carrying Jesus into the Public Square: A Reflection on Faith and Partisanship for Young Catholics as They Graduate from College

Last year, on Palm Sunday, I was listening to Bishop Robert Barron’s homily about Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. To prepare for his entry, Je Carrying Jesus into the Public Square: A Reflection on Faith and Partisanship for Young Catholics as They Graduat…
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May 6, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Joshua Pauling: Pandemic Lessons: Homecoming, Homeschooling and the Home Economy

In much of her scholarship, Mary Eberstadt establishes the natural family as an ideal structure for human flourishing. With penetrating insights that Pandemic Lessons: Homecoming, Homeschooling and the Home Economy May 06, 2020 | by Joshua Pauling A powerful anti…
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May 5, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Samuel Gregg: The Great Price of America’s Great Lockdown

One reason why economists are viewed as modern-day Cassandras is that they tell us many things we don’t want to hear. Economics points relentlessly to The Great Price of America’s Great Lockdown May 05, 2020 | by Samuel Gregg We must be clear-eyed about the long-t…
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May 4, 2020 at 8:22 PM

Public Discourse's Mission Is More Important Than Ever

Public Discourse's Mission Is More Important Than Ever We're here to help you make sense of this crisis, and to develop the virtues you need to face it. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear John, When disaster strikes, communities unite. …
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May 4, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Chen Guangcheng and William Saunders: The Chinese Communist Party Is a Bigger Threat to Humanity Than Coronavirus, and America Must Confront It

As the coronavirus has spread across China and around the world, harming people everywhere, the threat the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to all The Chinese Communist Party Is a Bigger Threat to Humanity Than Coronavirus, and America Must Confront It May 04,…
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May 2, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Bookshelf: Science Fiction Classics

I am hardly alone in occasionally feeling that we are living these days through scenes from a science fiction novel or film. One friend said to me wee Isolation Bookshelf: Science Fiction Classics May 02, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck What can human beings endure? H…
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May 1, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Jorge Jraissati: The COVID-19 Crisis Is Strengthening the Venezuelan Regime

The social repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis are alarming. This virus is not just producing dramatic consequences for the economy and health of our The COVID-19 Crisis Is Strengthening the Venezuelan Regime May 01, 2020 | by Jorge Jraissati As much as I would l…
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April 30, 2020 at 11:02 AM

Thomas Joseph White, O.P.: Is it Ethically Defensible for the Church to Suspend Public Masses?

Some have argued that the Church’s temporary suspension of public masses in many regions of the world for the sake of public health concerns is unethi Is it Ethically Defensible for the Church to Suspend Public Masses? April 30, 2020 | by Thomas Joseph White, O.P.…
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April 29, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Lyman Stone: Information Can Do What Lockdowns Can’t

Americans are a fundamentally conscientious people—and Americans took proactive measures to beat COVID long before government measures were in place. Information Can Do What Lockdowns Can’t April 29, 2020 | by Lyman Stone In the effort to combat COVID-19, making …
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April 28, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Jane Robbins: The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions: The Risks

In yesterday’s essay, I explained the state of so-called “gender-affirming treatment” (GAT) and the rocky landscape of ethical considerations for GAT The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions: The Risks April 28, 2020 | by Jane Robbins D…
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April 27, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Jane Robbins: The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions: The Paradigm

Modern medical practice operates on the principle of informed consent. Physicians have an ethical responsibility to explain the risks and benefits of The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions: The Paradigm April 27, 2020 | by Jane Robbin…
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April 25, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Bookshelf: Great Cases in Constitutional Law

As we reach Day Umpteen of our social distancing and my fourth installment of this column, I think I hear my five readers crying, “Franck, tell us abo Isolation Bookshelf: Great Cases in Constitutional Law April 25, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck Chief Justice John R…
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April 24, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Alise Alexander: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood despite COVID-19

It’s impossible to spend a Saturday night in Death Valley, the football stadium at Louisiana State University, without hearing Mel McDaniel’s “Louisia A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood despite COVID-19 April 24, 2020 | by Alise Alexander As we accept the new nor…
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April 23, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Christopher O. Tollefsen: It’s Unethical to Use Fetal Tissue in COVID-19 Research

In June 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federal government would adopt a new approach to research that used fetal It’s Unethical to Use Fetal Tissue in COVID-19 Research April 23, 2020 | by Christopher O. Tollefsen The use of f…
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April 22, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Lyman Stone: Lockdowns Don’t Work

Lockdowns don’t work. That simple sentence is enough to ignite a firestorm of controversy these days, whether you say it in public (to someone at leas Lockdowns Don’t Work April 22, 2020 | by Lyman Stone Many policies provide public-health benefits in pandemics, s…
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April 21, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Ben Peterson: Experts, Politicians, and the Public: The Science and Art of Collective Decision-making in a Free Society

The coronavirus pandemic has confronted communities and governments around the world with coordination and mobilization challenges similar to, though Experts, Politicians, and the Public: The Science and Art of Collective Decision-making in a Free Society April 2…
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April 20, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Samuel Gregg: Rethinking Free Markets in an Age of Anxiety

On December 26, 1991, the USSR’s Supreme Soviet passed its final piece of legislation. Declaration Number 142-Н formally stated that the Soviet Union Rethinking Free Markets in an Age of Anxiety April 20, 2020 | by Samuel Gregg Like their forebears, those who fav…
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April 18, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Cinema, 1939 Edition

By the common acclamation of many critics and film historians, as well as amateur aficionados like me, 1939 was the most notable single year for the r Isolation Cinema, 1939 Edition April 18, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck While you’re stuck at home, why not elevate …
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April 17, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Cary Amiel G. Villanueva: Call to Arms: A Doctor’s Vocation in a Pandemic

It has been just over two years since we took The Physician’s Pledge, a 21st-century adaptation of the Hippocratic Oath. My fellow new doctors and I c Call to Arms: A Doctor’s Vocation in a Pandemic April 17, 2020 | by Cary Amiel G. Villanueva We signed up to be d…
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April 16, 2020 at 11:05 AM

James E. Hartley: What Economic Models Can and Can’t Tell Us

An economist is someone who hears that something is working in reality, but before believing it, wants to know if it works in theory. As I tell studen What Economic Models Can and Can’t Tell Us April 16, 2020 | by James E. Hartley What is the value of human compan…
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April 15, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Mark Gottlieb: Passover and the Eternal Recurrence of Redemption

This week, Jews and Christians around the world are celebrating some of the holiest and most joyous days in our respective liturgical calendars. Due t Passover and the Eternal Recurrence of Redemption April 15, 2020 | by Mark Gottlieb The Passover Haggadah reminds…
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April 14, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Steven Wedgeworth: Scapegoating “Christian Nationalists” for the Coronavirus Pandemic

The New York Times recently published an op-ed entitled “The Road to Coronavirus Hell was Paved by Evangelicals.” The title was eventually broadened s Scapegoating “Christian Nationalists” for the Coronavirus Pandemic April 14, 2020 | by Steven Wedgeworth Shutting…
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April 13, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Maggie Gallagher: What Do Christians Do in a Plague?

How should Christians respond to a national crisis like COVID-19? Some Protestant pastors are now openly defying the government’s shutdown orders. Man What Do Christians Do in a Plague? April 13, 2020 | by Maggie Gallagher I am astonished by how many people think …
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April 12, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Michael Stokes Paulsen: Pray, Trust, Act, and Hope: An Easter Letter

Many of us—most of us, probably—are experiencing spiritual anguish and uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic. What follows is a letter I sent to m Pray, Trust, Act, and Hope: An Easter Letter April 12, 2020 | by Michael Stokes Paulsen My prayer for all of you—…
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April 11, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Bookshelf, Easter Triduum Edition

In the Christian calendar, this is the weekend that commemorates the hinge of history, when the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ began a new epo Isolation Bookshelf, Easter Triduum Edition April 11, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck We Christians must suffer throu…
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April 10, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Francis X. Maier: The Triduum and Easter Joy

Listening to an Irish Christmas carol in Holy Week may seem odd. But not this carol, and not this Holy Week. This Is Our Christmass Day was published The Triduum and Easter Joy April 10, 2020 | by Francis X. Maier Easter is the victory of life over death, our del…
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April 9, 2020 at 11:07 AM

Glenn Moots: Faith and Our Future: Lessons from C. S. Lewis in Time of Pandemic

President Trump’s self-identification as a wartime president invited controversy, though many had already drawn comparisons to 9/11 or World War II wh Faith and Our Future: Lessons from C. S. Lewis in Time of Pandemic April 09, 2020 | by Glenn Moots We must indeed…
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April 8, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Gerard V. Bradley: Trump Administration Fights the Establishment Clause Virus, Too

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act is a three hundred thirty–page behemoth of a statute signed by President Trump on March 27, 202 Trump Administration Fights the Establishment Clause Virus, Too April 08, 2020 | by Gerard V. Bradley When the Tr…
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April 7, 2020 at 6:27 PM

Robert P. George and Nicholas Christakis: The COVID-19 Pandemic: What Do and Don’t We Know

Robert George: Could you begin by giving us a summary of what we know from the past about pandemics? Nicholas Christakis: We’re experiencing som The COVID-19 Pandemic: What Do and Don’t We Know April 07, 2020 | by Robert P. George and Nicholas Christakis This is a…
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April 7, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Ana Maria Dumitru: Preparing for the Worst, Hoping for the Best: A New Doctor’s Reflections on COVID-19

We were discussing the care of one of our patients who was having some new trouble breathing. And then someone asked the question that made us all cat Preparing for the Worst, Hoping for the Best: A New Doctor’s Reflections on COVID-19 April 07, 2020 | by Ana Mari…
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April 6, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Joint Statement: Moral Guidance on Prioritizing Care During a Pandemic

As our society struggles to come to terms with the Covid-19 pandemic for which our resources to treat the ill may well prove inadequate, difficult and Moral Guidance on Prioritizing Care During a Pandemic April 06, 2020 | by Joint Statement In the next few weeks, …
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April 4, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Matthew J. Franck: Isolation Bookshelf

Like a great many other people in these days of plague, I am “locked down” in my home, venturing out only on the strictest necessity. I am fortunate, Isolation Bookshelf April 04, 2020 | by Matthew J. Franck Reading good history books takes us out of ourselves an…
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April 3, 2020 at 11:05 AM

William Hay: A Tale of Two Nations? Populism, Plutocrats, and the Managerial State

Benjamin Disraeli, one of the most prominent prime ministers of Victorian England, captured his countrymen’s anxieties during the 1840s with an arrest A Tale of Two Nations? Populism, Plutocrats, and the Managerial State April 03, 2020 | by William Hay Michael Lin…
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April 2, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Eileen Reuter: Learning the Right Lessons from COVID-19 Can Benefit Mothers after the Pandemic

We all know that Zoom stock is on the rise and that grocery stores are hiring frantically to keep stock on their shelves. What we may not have expecte Learning the Right Lessons from COVID-19 Can Benefit Mothers after the Pandemic April 02, 2020 | by Eileen Reuter…
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April 1, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Robert C. Koons: Can We Measure the Value of Saving Human Lives in Dollars? Somber Calculations in a Time of Plague

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has been widely excoriated for suggesting that he, as a senior citizen, would be willing to “take a chance on [his] sur Can We Measure the Value of Saving Human Lives in Dollars? Somber Calculations in a Time of Plague April 01, 2020…
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March 31, 2020 at 11:02 AM

Haley Stewart: The Strange Battle of Staying Home

I’ve never been one for battle stories, and I religiously avoid films about war. It’s not because I can’t take the violence; I just can’t imagine myse The Strange Battle of Staying Home March 31, 2020 | by Haley Stewart My home is my battlefield, and maintaining p…
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March 30, 2020 at 11:06 AM

R.J. Snell: Pandemics and the Agency of Citizens

In a recent Public Discourse essay, I argued that the current pandemic reveals that many Americans (not all, certainly) have forgotten what it means t Pandemics and the Agency of Citizens March 30, 2020 | by R.J. Snell While medical experts’ job is to save lives f…
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March 27, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Logan Gage: The End of The Good Place and the End of Man

From shows like Carl Sagan’s Cosmos to movies like The Matrix trilogy, Americans have long had an appetite for philosophically minded entertainment. Y The End of The Good Place and the End of Man March 27, 2020 | by Logan Gage The Good Place finale was hilarious, …
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March 26, 2020 at 11:06 AM

Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan: Cooperation, Coercion, and the Coronavirus

If the outsized reaction to the coronavirus has shown us anything, it is that humanity’s dual instincts of cooperation and coercion are manifest as we Cooperation, Coercion, and the Coronavirus March 26, 2020 | by Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan When times bec…
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March 25, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Tyler VanderWeele: How to Flourish During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Research from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard

The emergence and rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been threatening the world’s order, stability, and wellbeing. Many cities and countries a How to Flourish During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Research from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard March 25,…
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March 24, 2020 at 11:04 AM

R.J. Snell: The Coronavirus Has Unveiled a Deeper Political Disease

Given that it was written in 2015, Pierre Manent’s opening to Beyond Radical Secularism could not have had COVID-19 in view, but his claim is relevant The Coronavirus Has Unveiled a Deeper Political Disease March 24, 2020 | by R.J. Snell A crisis like a pandemic f…
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March 23, 2020 at 11:05 AM

James E. Hartley: Coronavirus and Shutdowns

I am writing this on March 17, but by the time you read it, the world will have changed. It is changing by the hour. One week ago, the college where I Coronavirus and Shutdowns March 23, 2020 | by James E. Hartley The Coronavirus epidemic has provided us with a le…
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March 20, 2020 at 11:05 AM

Devorah Goldman: Recovering Friendship

This is a strange time for friendship. A startling YouGov poll from July 2019 reports that nearly a quarter of millennials claim to have no friends at Recovering Friendship March 20, 2020 | by Devorah Goldman A friend is more than a form of entertainment. The util…
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March 19, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Nathan Schlueter: Leisure in a Time of Coronavirus

The last two weeks have felt surreal, if not apocalyptic. Emotions have quickly gone from general concern to morbid fascination to fear to outright pa Leisure in a Time of Coronavirus March 19, 2020 | by Nathan Schlueter Schools are closed. Sports and music lesson…
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March 18, 2020 at 11:04 AM

Jordan J. Ballor: Why the Economy Needs a Theology of the Body

The COVID-19 pandemic is catalyzing trends in the economy that have been incubating for some time. Three basic elements form the dynamics at the core Why the Economy Needs a Theology of the Body March 18, 2020 | by Jordan J. Ballor The promises of virtualization …
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