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  Jesus, born in a barn amongst the heaving, dank breath of livestock, raised poor in a bad town (Can anything good come out of Nazareth? John 1:46), who unjudgmentally lent a shoulder to corrupt tax collectors, the poor dregs of society, and adulterous women (pointing out... Read More →

  Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman’s new book What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice is an eye-opening study of the contemporary mindset that regards children today as at best useful goods and at worst positive bads. Published before the controversy over J.D.... Read More →

  What should I say to a young woman who enters my classroom wearing a t-shirt that reads: “I am a Proud Member of the Pro-choice Generation”? Perhaps my response should be relegated to the realm of the imagination, which neither offends nor upsets. Furthermore, I owe it to my... Read More →

  Shortly after the recent US presidential election, “your body, my choice” began trending up in online discourse. The sentiment is vile. Those who repeat it, or post memes emblazoned with the phrase, do so to threaten women. The meaning of the four-word taunt is clear: “I... Read More →

  A New York funeral Mass celebrated by a Catholic bishop and a trio of nationally known priests would seem to indicate that the person being mourned was famous or perhaps a major church donor. Yet the deceased who drew such notable clergy, as well as lay leaders of the... Read More →

  The Greatest Generation (b. 1901 to 1927) earned its name for fighting WWII. The Silent Generation (b. 1928 to 1945)—aka the Traditionalist Generation—produced the “Silent Majority,” who refrained from publicly expressing their thoughts on “sex, religion, and politics.”... Read More →

  [The Human Life Foundation will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Human Life Review at its annual Great Defender of Life Dinner on November 13. The following appreciation is reprinted here in memory of our founding editor James P. McFadden, a widely known and admired... Read More →

  For the first time in my life a presidential campaign has come and gone without substantive discussion about the moral fabric of America. Roe v. Wade was an abhorrent Supreme Court decision, but it did have one positive aspect—it loomed in the background of national... Read More →

  A baby, propped up in a stroller, is touching buttons on an iPhone or some cruder gaming device. Wearing candy-colored eyeglasses that look like a prize in a Cracker Jack box, the baby gazes contentedly at the screen. Stationed at the handles and absently steering along... Read More →

  Telekinesis is described as the ability to move inanimate objects at will. Proving it in a laboratory setting is problematic. People who claim they have the ability usually can’t say how they do it and have difficulty managing it, which means it can’t be reliably... Read More →