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  On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,1 overturned its half-century-old Roe v. Wade decision,2 and the pro-life movement rejoiced. Remarkably, however, what the Court in Roe v. Wade had regarded as the... Read More →

  In recent years I have been involved in an academic debate over the comfort women. “Comfort women” is a direct—and too-literal—translation of ianfu (慰安婦), a euphemistic Japanese term meaning a woman (fu) who provides ian, something which might best be expressed in English... Read More →

309.89 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder The stressor producing this syndrome would be markedly stressing to almost anyone, and is usually experienced with intense fear, terror and helplessness. The characteristic symptoms involve reexperiencing the traumatic event, avoidance of... Read More →

    Calling itself a “forward-looking agenda,” the new Republican Party blueprint begins with a dedication to the “Forgotten Men and Women of America,” and promises to “restore common sense” and “put America first,” promises that former President Donald Trump has made... Read More →

  My world turned upside down in mid-2021, when—in the midst of a pandemic—I welcomed my second baby in two years. Our brood doubled in size from two kids to four, and a lot changed in our home. For one, our cat was displeased with the new young people and went so far as to... Read More →

  “Herein lies wisdom, beauty and increase; Without this folly, age and cold decay” —Shakespeare, Sonnet 11 I In King Lear, Shakespeare sets the scene for what will be his anatomy of a society descending into moral chaos by having his Duke of Gloucester speak of his... Read More →

    At the National Catholic Register, John Grondelski reminds us not to forget the father’s role in the fight for life. The Supreme Court may have tried to cut him out of the picture back in 1976, but that doesn’t mean we should forget about him. “Two... Read More →

  At a time when women are encouraged to “shout your abortion,” it’s no surprise that even religious leaders of a certain stripe will try to work pro-abortion messages into the church calendar. A legal challenge to Texas’s new abortion restrictions made its way into the... Read More →

    Who, me? A fresh-faced symbol of youthful aspiration? So much time have I spent shuffling off this mortal coil that Joe Biden and I could have double-dated at the root beer stand—had that eccentric notion seized either of us. That is how I’ve come to see a lot.... Read More →

David Mills, a former executive editor of First Things, is now an editor on the editorial page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read More →