This is the kind of article one writes with Kinky Friedman blasting in the background, and that's how it is meant to be read. Otherwise, the experience might prove a little too painful. So crank up "Homo Erectus," grab a bourbon, and I"ll explain to you the workings of The Catholic ...
As Christians around the world wait by the tomb, reenacting the vigil of the Blessed Virgin and the Apostles, we do our best to replicate their grief, and gratitude, and hope. Such efforts will shape the life of every sacramental Christian, from Rome to Vladivostok, Iona to Patagonia, who falters ...
In a recent column for InsideCatholic.com, the generally admirable Catholic politician Lew Lehrman makes the case for invoking the Abolitionist movement as the historic precedent for the pro-life attempt to protect the lives of the unborn. I pasted the following in the comments box, which I think ...
What would we think if the legislature in one of America's most highly educated states, Connecticut, were debating a law that forced Orthodox synagogues to perform mixed marriages? What if the New York legislature were pushing through a law that made religious slaughterhouses uniquely liable for ...
In Mandeville's infamous "Fable of the Bees," that witty writer makes the case that private vices generate public virtues. Specifically, he argues that the craving for gain, advancement, and luxury drives men to economic activity and fruitful cooperation"which, channeled and organized ...
Back in January I threatened to inflict on Takimag readers a series of articles on how to convince patriotic conservatives that it's time for America to scale back significantly on the military spending that wastes so vast a portion of our national resources, inflates our deficit (and hence our ...
As Charles Stuart is reported to have said when he returned to England after decades of exile, to restore the British monarchy and reign as Charles II after the Cromwell interregnum, "Hey, y"all! It's good to be back." I just went through the editorial equivalent of purgatory: Thanks ...
I don’t envy Barak Obama. Nor do I pity him. The man should have been more careful what he wished for. As a recent report makes clear, the incoming president’s vision of a warmier, fuzzier country where all life’s sharp edges are cushioned by Other People’s Money has ...
After a year as bad as 2008, trying to imagine what God’s permissive will—or incipient wrath—has in store for us this year seems almost churlish, or masochistic. Should I lay out a series of catastrophic events in our nation’s politics, economy and culture, I might seem like ...
As we clear away all the wrapping paper and wonder how long to leave up the decorations, the deeper meaning of the season easily eludes us. So it’s good that Friday’s New York Times addressed the question that nags at the back our minds this time each year: Could ...
