The Story of McKenna West Shows the Moral Insanity of Commercial Surrogacy
The reality that surrogacy shamelessly commodifies children is on full display in the case of the surrogate mother who refused to abort her child.
What if the Migrant Invasion of Ceuta Is Only the Beginning?
Considering Spain’s late response and the EU’s vain squabbling, there is every reason to worry that the migrant invasion of Ceuta will happen again.
A WWII Spy Novel That Reinvigorates the Genre for a New Audience
A new novel by a familiar author is not only a great story, but also clearly conservative and refreshingly anti-woke.
The Crisis of Masculinity Is Really a Crisis of Friendship
The first principle for men is not work, training, intellectual development, or even marriage, it is male friendship. With it, men, marriage, and society are stronger. Without it, everything unravels.
The Wealth Tax Will Put California on the Road to Serfdom
Sheer unbridled envy is the driving force behind California’s proposed wealth tax on billionaires.
Mass Migration Threatens Civilization, But No One Seems to Mind
The reality of mass migration has been a disaster for the West and has done little to address the problems it purports to solve.
Gen Z Has Been Groomed for Radicalization
From screen addiction and social media echo chambers to pornography and nihilistic spiraling: the faceless internet is radicalizing and destroying young people and it’s time to take it seriously.
Behind the Myth of the Noble Savage Is Unfathomable Darkness
The persistent Enlightenment myth of the Noble Savage has captured the Christian imagination, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.
A Lion in Springtime
Pope Leo is proving to be a surprisingly savvy leader in successfully navigating the intense political and cultural tensions within the Catholic Church and the wider world.
To Win Back Women, We Must Elevate Public Discourse
Conservative Catholicism must move on from the performative trad e-girls and back to wiser voices, male and female, if we are to win women back from feminism.
How to Respond to Open-Borders Christians
Does welcoming a stranger really mean opening the border and providing permanent residence to one’s country?
Recovering Love and Marriage in a Loveless and Divided Culture
Sandwiched between arranged marriages and committing sins of the flesh with random strangers is an intentional culture designed to weed out bad matches and encourage real courtship.
The Problem of Destination Churches
As a practicing Catholic who church hopped for so many years only to make his peace with the church up the street, I would suggest a third option, which lies somewhere in the middle.
Finally, an Honest and Informed Approach to Public Health
The politicization of health, which emerged during the COVID-19 regime to manipulate public perception, has taken a new form with recent warnings suggesting a link between Tylenol and autism.
What It Means to Forgive Our Enemies and What It Doesn’t
We are angry at Kirk’s murderer, the leftists celebrating Kirk’s death, and the leftist ideologies that fuel this evil. We now need to make sure we respond as a Christian should.
Complaining About a T-Shirt Will Not Save the Country
A nominally conservative majority in the courts will never be the lynchpin of advancing conservative priorities.
The “Sputnik Moment” Delusion
For at least a century or more, Westerners have been conditioned to see each new discovery and invention as a point in some grand civilizational competition. Connected to this framing is the simplistic belief in material progress.
How to Save the Music at Mass
We all know that the music at the typical Catholic Mass is often cheesy and inappropriate. But what can we do about it?
The Unappreciated Parallels Between Am I Racist? and The Screwtape Letters
One aspect of “Am I Racist?” that has yet to receive any attention is how closely it aligns with the apologetic style of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
It’s Time To Ditch the Conventional Wisdom in this Election
Yes, J.D. Vance won the vice-presidential debate. But will it make any difference?