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Sycophants, Snakes, and Creeps
Voters have grown tired of the kinds of people MAGA forces us to pay attention to.
The Rise of the Christian Left?
Campaign exhortations to Christian charity from candidates like James Talarico and Adam Hamilton will fade quickly. Now, the hard work of advancing justice begins.
When the French Church Betrayed Jews
For years, French bishops had condemned antisemitism and vowed to defend Jews. Why did they suddenly go silent during the Holocaust?
Language of a Land
BooksEuropeHistory
The late Manchán Magan's last book, a "revelry" in the Irish language, underplays the role of Catholicism in Ireland.
Are We a Republic or a Democracy?
PoliticsHistory
Some people fixate on the supposed consequences of whether we are a republic or a democracy. But we are, and always have been, both.
The Rise of the Christian Left?
Election 2026
Campaign exhortations to Christian charity from candidates like James Talarico and Adam Hamilton will fade quickly. Now, the hard work of advancing justice begins.
Making Friends with the Screens
Artificial IntelligenceTechnology
Despite amassing plentiful evidence of the risks of AI chatbots, Sherry Turkle's latest book concludes that chatbot use is both ubiquitous and inevitable.
Should the Pope Vote?
Election 2026Pope Leo XIVPolitics
There are good reasons for a conclave to be the last time a pope casts a ballot. With Leo's recent midterm vote, a threshold has been crossed.
The Old Testament for Trumpists
Donald TrumpReligionTheologyPoliticsElection 2026
The nationalist intellectual Yoram Hazony's Erasmus Lecture ended with a whimper. Twenty-four hours later, voters delivered MAGA a staggering rebuke.
For President…Convict No. 9653
HistoryPolitics
In his path-breaking new biography of Eugene V. Debs, Shawn Gude looks back to a time when the left thought it had a chance to go mainstream.
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Stepping Up
U.S. CatholicismHigher EducationDonald Trump
Catholic universities have not surrendered to Donald Trump. Rather, they are pushing back, leaning on their Catholic mission.
Richard Greenwald
Beauty at the Edge
PoetryTheologyCulture
In the greatest works of art, praise and suffering become inseparable.
Kathleen Kilcup
'He Cares What I Think'
Children's BooksBooksChristmas Critics
This Christmas, resist the temptation to buy the little ones in your life toys with lights and sounds. Consider one of these children's books instead.
Kate Lucky

Election 2026

Sycophants, Snakes, and Creeps
El-Sayed and the Culture Wars
Split Down the Middle Again
The Old Testament for Trumpists

Pope Leo XIV

Should the Pope Vote?
Havel, Trump, and the Church
A Rare but Growing Courage
The Right’s Disturbing Appetite for Death

Technology

The Coming Hyper-Meritocracy
Making Friends with the Screens
Obsolescence as a Way of Life
Memory in the Digital Age

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Stuart Dybek on Life in the Welfare Machinery (1971)
John P. Sisk on the Beatniks and Tradition (1959)
Martin Turnell on the Religious Novel (1951)