Social Justice, Institutions, and Communities
Adam J. MacLeod, January 27, 2012
A successful account of social justice must affirm the primacy of communities, and institutions directed by communities, over both the individual and the state in promoting human flourishing.

Eudaimonism and Moral Absolutes
Robert T. Miller, January 26, 2012
A eudaimonistic ethical theory can show, without appeal to God, that certain actions are always wrong.

Keeping Mom, Dad, and Baby: Social Conservatism and the Republican Platform
Deirdre Cooper, January 25, 2012
In order to win, do Republicans really need to stop talking about abortion and marriage?

Disability: A Thread for Weaving Joy
Charles J. Chaput, January 24, 2012
While some people resent the imperfection, the inconvenience, and the expense of persons with disabilities, others see in them an invitation to learn how to love deeply without counting the cost. God will demand an accounting. Adapted from remarks delivered at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life.

The Unbearable Wrongness of Roe
Michael Stokes Paulsen, January 23, 2012
39 years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a radical, legally untenable, immoral decision. It has forfeited its entitlement to have its decisions respected, and followed, by the other branches of government, by the states, and by the people.

Trust-Busting and Trusting in the Administrative State
Michael Fragoso, January 20, 2012
The Obama administration’s efforts to regulate the cellular-phone service market through a decades-old trust-busting ideology is at odds with the courts’ more recent “new learning” approach to market competition. And there are lessons here for pro-lifers.

To Teach and Delight
Mark Signorelli, January 19, 2012
Poetry establishes the polis, the ordered community, because poetry teaches men their “actual desires,” the desires that must be accommodated in any lasting and beneficial order. The second in a two-part series.

The Meaning of Modernism
Mark Signorelli, January 18, 2012
Modernist poetry embodies the philosophical perspective of late liberal Western society, giving form to the conception of freedom divorced from essence, the theoretical primacy of the individual, and the broad skepticism towards any notion of a rational human nature. The first in a two-part series.

God Matters: Ethical Theory and Divine Law
Matthew O'Brien, January 17, 2012
The construction of an ethical theory, as a general matter, inevitably implicates philosophical theology.

MLK’s Philosophical and Theological Legacy
Justin Dyer and Kevin Stuart, January 16, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr., espoused a worldview repugnant to many of those who now claim his legacy.

Hosanna in the Highest!
Michael Stokes Paulsen, January 13, 2012
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment provides additional and independent rights to religious organizations, beyond those to which non-religious groups are entitled.

Bullying and Civil Rights
Emmett McGroarty and Jane Robbins, January 12, 2012
The Obama Administration’s campaign against “bullying” and “harassment” in schools is a subterfuge to exert federal control over the minutiae of daily school operations and to impose its preferred cultural attitudes.

Purpose, Palliative Care, and Respect for Human Life
Adam J. MacLeod, January 11, 2012
Aiding the deliberate destruction of human life has no place in the doctor’s job description.

Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage
Byron Johnson, January 10, 2012
Senior citizens are less likely to support same-sex marriage than younger Americans, but that does not mean that they are anti-gay.

Religion and Freedom
David Carroll Cochran, January 09, 2012
Threats to religious freedom endanger the health of religious institutions, enfeebling rather than enlivening the moral content of our culture—a content that we all, believers and non-believers alike, rely upon to exercise our freedom.

The Great Recession: What Will You Tell Your Grandchild?
Luis Tellez, January 06, 2012
Economic, political, and ethical principles that encourage limited government must interact in our effort to secure long-term economic stability.

Gingrich, Desegregation, and Judicial Supremacy
Joel Alicea, January 05, 2012
Those who oppose judicial supremacy follow in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln himself.

A Life of Passion: Progressive Eugenics and Planned Parenthood
Angela Franks, January 04, 2012
A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control.

George McGovern’s Book of Un-Reckoning
Mark Stricherz, December 21, 2011
In his new book, George McGovern refuses to acknowledge his role in fusing a Democratic coalition of lifestyle liberals and the public costs this has entailed.

The Postmodern Pedophile
Anne Hendershott, December 20, 2011
Meet the academics who try to redefine pedophilia as “intergenerational intimacy.”

No Intentional Killing of the Innocent: A Response to Miscamble and O’Brien
Christopher O. Tollefsen, December 19, 2011
The absolute prohibition of intrinsically evil acts is the limit on one’s positive obligations.

Moral Absolutes and the Divine Command
Robert T. Miller, December 16, 2011
Divine legislation functions to enforce moral absolutes, not to ground them.

Advocating Same-Sex Marriage: Consistency Is Another Victim
Matthew J. Franck, December 15, 2011
If tradition is not a good reason to limit marriage to a man and a woman, it is also not a good reason to limit it to only two people.

Profiling and the Constitution
Carson Holloway, December 14, 2011
Though racial and religious profiling offends our better feelings, it is nevertheless constitutional.

God and Moral Absolutes
Matthew O'Brien, December 13, 2011
If appeals to God get ruled out, either by disbelief in his existence or reluctance to rely upon it, then it isn’t possible to demonstrate that there are moral absolutes.

The Least Evil Option: A Defense of Harry Truman
Wilson D. Miscamble, December 12, 2011
Rather than simply denouncing Truman for his decision to employ the atomic bomb, his critics need to confront the harsh reality of war and seriously consider the lack of viable alternatives available to him.

Monetary Possibilities for a Post-Euro Europe
Samuel Gregg, December 09, 2011
The eurozone’s current crisis is an opportunity for Europe to explore new monetary options that challenge the hitherto dominant vision of the European Union’s economic future.

The Most Important Religious Liberty Case of the Past Thirty Years
Michael Stokes Paulsen, December 08, 2011
Freedom of religion means the right of religious persons, groups, and ideas to participate fully and equally in the life of the community and in the marketplace of ideas.

Contemporary Family Law: Divorcing Marriage from Children
Helen Alvaré, December 07, 2011
Family law has changed during the past 50 years to the detriment of child well-being, paving the way for the arguments in support of same-sex marriage. But there is a new strategy available to us to respond to this situation. The second in a two-part series.

Traditional Family Law: Connecting Marriage with Children
Helen Alvaré, December 06, 2011
The Supreme Court was more right than it knew during the past two centuries as it identified the state’s interest in marriage as children and their formation. The first in a two-part series.

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 Robert P. George
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Review of Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
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Goodbye to Globalisation
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The Gosnell Case and American Abortion Law
Matthew J. Franck
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Present at the Creation
Ryan T. Anderson
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Debt and Democracy
Harold James
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American Identity and the Challenge of Islam
Jennifer S. Bryson
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Playing the Hate Card
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What Is Marriage?
Sherif Girgis
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Ross Douthat
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 Unmarried with Kids
Jennifer Luden
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The Politics of Humanity
David Tubbs
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Laws of Thought
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Religious Respect a Two-Way Street
Jennifer Bryson and Robert P. George
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The Generation That Can't Move On Up
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Reject "Burn a Quran Day"
Jennifer S. Bryson
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Review of Reasonable Faith
 Ryan T. Anderson
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Free to Choose
Ryan T. Anderson
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Vast Dangers - Confirmed
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Daddy Was Only a Donor
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Luis Tellez
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A New Voice for the American Right
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Confused on Fertilization
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Lame Ducks in Love
Harold James
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 Review of God, Philosophy and the University
Ryan T. Anderson
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Review of Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide
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The Weight of Smut
Mary Eberstadt
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Faith in Government
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The Victims of Internet Pornography
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The Nixon Shock Doctrine Revisited
Harold James
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Getting Serious About Pornography
Anonymous
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The Liberal Dance with Incoherence
Hadley Arkes
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The Lukewarm Generation
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Last Lecture
James R. Stoner
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Why Big Banks Will Get Bigger
Harold James
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Love in an Economic Downturn
W. Bradford Wilcox
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The Return of British Anti-Semitism
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Robert P. George:
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David D. Kirkpatrick
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Can the Recession Save Marriage?
W. Bradford Wilcox
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The Holy Seers
Ryan T. Anderson
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Voice of Love, Hand of Repression
Hadley Arkes
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Reason for Faith
Ryan T. Anderson
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The Evolution of Divorce
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