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Education & Culture

The fourth pillar, education and culture, is built upon the recognition of two essential realities. First, the Western intellectual tradition requires a dedication to and desire for truth. Second, education takes place not only within colleges and universities but within our broader culture, whose institutions and practices form us as whole persons.

The Imago Dei as History: A Review of Tomer Persico’s In God’s Image

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The In Vitro Catch-22

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Is “pro-life IVF” necessarily an oxymoron?

The Soul: Not Dead Yet

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The traditional philosophical and theological concept of the soul allows us to integrate what the empirical sciences reveal with what we know about ourselves as rational and moral beings.

A Bipartisan Case for School Choice

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Let’s set aside partisanship and unite to provide disadvantaged children with the educational opportunities they deserve. Rather than deny low-income families the same educational choice that wealthier families enjoy, we should seek other ways to improve the quality and efficiency of public schools.

Conservatism in Translation: Discovering the Work of Augusto Del Noce

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A newly published translation of “the Italian Russell Kirk” offers important insights into the philosophical roots of our culture’s nihilistic impulses—and how we might fix them.

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

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Abraham Flexner, founder of the Institute for Advanced Study, has much to teach modern researchers—not only about seeking knowledge for its own sake, but also about effective fundraising and private philanthropy.

Pleasure, Consent, and Dignity: Peter Singer Is Wrong About the Sexual Assault of a Disabled Man

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The more you minimize the value of humanity itself, the less you will be capable of understanding our fundamental rights, the meaning of our bodies, and the gift of sexuality.

Harm, Neutrality, or Truth: What Is the Basis of Liberalism?

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Kevin Vallier’s recent book is a rich and rewarding attempt to reconcile people of faith with public reason liberalism.

Protecting Religious Liberty Safeguards All Children on the Playground Equally

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All children are equally valuable. Their bodies are equally deserving of protection, regardless of their religious status.

Out of the Cave, Into the Wardrobe

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The easiest test of a work’s true power is to ask whether or not it pulls us into the wardrobe and propels us out of the cave. If an author has inspired us to vacuum the carpets, wash the windows, or buy the groceries with brighter smiles on our faces, then he has done something truly wonderful.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Libertarian Atheists

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Libertarians may miss certain cultural nuances that traditionalists are able to see, but the reverse is also true. In this moment of political transition, we should be grateful for minds that turn endlessly on the government-skeptical spit.

What Is Legalism?

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Contemporary legalism downplays, ignores, and occasionally denigrates the “rules” of morality in favor of mercy, accompaniment, and integration, because it fails to see that there is an essential and constitutive relationship between morality and human flourishing.

Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and “The Very Mercy of the Law”

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Both principle and prudence are necessary if “the very mercy of the law” is to be achieved.

May I Please Speak to My Daddy?

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This world does not need men to selfishly take whatever we want, especially if the price is the welfare of our children. Our children don’t need superheroes—just quiet, unsung, ordinary, everyday heroes who answer to the name “Daddy.”

Globalist Illusions and the Folly of Global Governance

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Global governance projects don’t just foster unaccountable bureaucracies and rule by experts. They are increasingly corrupting the idea of human rights.

The Demise of Language and the Rise of Cloning

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On both sides of the Atlantic, human cloning for pregnancy has been stealthily gaining ground in the last few years, in part due to cultural perceptions and words that obscure reality.

Neil Gorsuch, Natural Law, and the Limits of Judicial Power

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What does natural law say about the power of judges in constitutional systems of government?

Out of the Ashes: Anthony Esolen’s Clarion Call to Restore Culture, Faith, and Sanity

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Anthony Esolen’s new book offers a bracing diagnosis and prescription for contemporary American culture.

Natural Law, Social Justice, and the Crisis of Liberty in the West

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A reflection on our nature as “dependent, rational animals.”

Biology Isn’t Bigotry: Christians, Lesbians, and Radical Feminists Unite to Fight Gender Ideology

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Public schools have a duty to serve all children, but a school cannot serve children and a totalitarian ideology all at once. For the sake of children’s well-being, Christian mothers are uniting with their radical feminist and lesbian sisters to reject the idea of “gender identity.”

Ideology and the Corruption of Language

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Everyone talks about “dialogue,” but very few of us have the patience or are willing to do the hard work to engage in it.

In Defense of Plato’s Republic

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For Socrates, the city isn’t only an arbitrarily chosen device for illuminating the soul’s mysteries but an essential means for creating and sustaining justice and the other virtues in the soul.

Trump, Hamilton, and Pro-Choice Dog Parades

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Even the deepest hypocrisies can’t change the fact that we are designed for love.

Can Same-Sex Marriage Really Reduce Teen Suicide?

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The legalization of same-sex marriage may be associated with a short-term emotional bump for youth who identify as sexual minorities, but it is not a robust, long-term panacea for the emotional struggles of teenagers.

Identity Studies in Service of a Classical Education

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A classical education should help students to see how their many identities can and should be integrated according to right reason so that they can develop those life-giving friendships necessary for a full and fulfilling life, most importantly, of course, their friendship with God.

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