The Archive
Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice
When the police disregard the law, everyone suffers. But how deep does the corruption revealed by the Gun Trace Task Force go?
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
This essay from Joy Pedrow Skarka about pain and sex says some things that need to be heard: After our wedding, riding the elevator up to our hotel room, I looked into my groom’s eyes and saw excitement. We had […]
Matthew Loftus
Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand"
Guest WriterFeaturedFormation
By David George Moore Someone last year, and I can’t recall who, recommended that I watch some of the videos on Jordan Peterson’s YouTube channel. Since my workouts include time on the treadmill, I listen to all kinds of teaching […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
Thinking about how to eliminate America's child death discrepancy means asking hard questions about how we will collectively sacrifice.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
People will always be skeptical of medical authorities. The authorities shouldn't make things worse by hiding potential conflicts of interest.
Matthew Loftus
The U.S. told persecuted Christians in Iran they could come as refugees. Now they're reneging -- and resettlement of Christian refugees is down overall.
Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism
Boomer evangelicals and Catholics bequeathed to us the legacy of ECT. But that legacy appears increasingly irrelevant in the dying days of liberalism.
Matthew Loftus
Steve Taylor's brilliant and terrifying music video for "Cash Cow", a song we need now more than ever.
Guest WriterFeaturedHistory
By Coyle Neal In some ways, Dr. Joy Connolly’s introduction to the formal study of Rome mirrors my own. “I began to study the republican tradition in earnest in 2001, at a time when the promise of rescue it offered—by […]
Brewer EberlyFeaturedCurrent Politics
Brewer Eberly reviews "Christian abortionist's" Willie Parker's new memoir and finds it badly wanting as a work of theological reasoning.
Matthew LoftusCulturearts
Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]