The Archive
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics
I know many of my followers might be skeptical of the concept of “whiteness” and may bristle at the question, “Can white people be saved?” If that’s you — and even if it’s not — I invite you to read […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryEthicsCriminal Justice
Anthony Comstock was vilified and mocked in his time, but our times call for a new Comstock -- and some real restrictions on pornography.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
Atul Gawande jumps on the anti-EMR bandwagon, and it’s a very satisfying read: There’s a techno-optimist view of how this story will unfold. Big technology companies are already circling to invest in IKS Health. They see an opportunity for artificial […]
Matthew LoftusFamily
Comment Magazine’s Seerveld Prize Winners have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight Matt Miller’s entry in particular: Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistory
This is a fine essay by James Poulos on the failure of “mass enlightenment” to occur via technology and the urge of the institutional elites to add more technology to fix the problem: On those premises, the internet arose. By […]
Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured
Political societies should not simply secure certain negative rights for their members, but should also make it easier for people to be good.
Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice
This investigation by ProPublica into an orphanage and school in Liberia often reads like a checklist of what not to do when running an aid project overseas: Lack of oversight on the ground. Lack of trained or experienced staff running programs. […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics
Micah Meadowcroft is in top form with this essay at The New Atlantis about the letdown that colonizing Mars could be: Consider your place in our interplanetary future. Let us speculate. Suppose that SpaceX or some similar enterprise has succeeded, […]
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Christians should not opt out of the work of partisan politics, but should locate that narrow work within a broader Christian political witness.
Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics
I really appreciate everything that Judy Wu Dominick writes, and this reflection on “loving your political frenemies” is no exception: I still ache over the anguish of some and the bigotry of others, but this prayer discipline has chipped away […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
There is more and more data coming out about the risk of death for black mothers and their babies in America, so I was really encouraged to read this article about using the Centering Pregnancy model of care for black […]
Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics
The Bible tells Christians to love their neighbors as they love themselves. But who is their neighbor? The man next door? Yes. The people who live across town? Surely. Those who live in another part of their country? Okay. People […]