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The Catholic argument for a confessional state is a compelling one. Unfortunately, the same premises also support religious coercion.
Brandon McGinleyPoliticsFeatured
If we think "hospitality" means "entertaining" and "serving gourmet meals in an immaculately clean house," we'll probably never practice actual hospitality.
Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured
The new synthetic morality fails precisely because it offers no account of personal formation, no means of shaping an individual person toward virtue.
Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeaturedEvangelicalism
What do the prophets say about those who align themselves with God's enemies? And what do they say about those who persist in doing so for an extended time?
Berny BelvederePoliticsFeatured
Berny Belvedere argues that the great need of the moment is a new kind of centrism that can freely draw on the wisdom of both left and right.
Jake MeadorPoliticsHistory
In chapter three, Du Bois turns his attention to Booker T. Washington and offers a measured yet devastating critique of Washington's project.
Jake MeadorPoliticsHistoryEvangelicalism
The electoral success of the Republican party has convinced some that evangelicalism is still culturally ascendant. That idea is almost entirely mistaken.
Matthew LoftusPolitics
We should oppose Trump's presidency, not resist it. More importantly, we should cultivate civic character.
Jake MeadorPoliticsEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Telling people that they should want to preserve pluralism only works if they think of pluralism as a social good. Radical individualists don't.
Alastair RobertsPolitics
The story of Elizabeth Holmes reminds us of how image and narrative can blind us to what is true of a person and discredit legitimate social movements.
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social Conservatism talks a loud game but actually has little confidence. Social conservatives should try to recover it strategically.
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social conservatism needs to recover its intellectual creativity by being willing to question its own first principles.