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To take offense does not free us from further argument or criticism. Instead, offense demands ongoing criticism between partners in ethical discourse as a recognition of their fundamental human equality.
An exploration of how war affects people, and what it does to their natural moral instincts. The second in a two-part series.
The feds are working behind the scenes to nationalize K-12 curriculum, including a national test. This would be bad for schools, and disastrous for the culture.
The part of the Muslim tradition usually cited in support of killing apostates has been gravely misunderstood.
A historian looks at how one man sought to serve both truth and love.
The Live Action case is very different from the Nazis-at-the-door problem, but lying is justified in neither situation.
All lying is immoral, but not all false utterances are lies.
The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.
An appreciation for the naturalness of form can lead us back from the politicization of poetry.
Do pro-lifers care about life after birth?
A new, supposedly objective book on the abortion debate relentlessly tips the scale against life.
The ancient tradition of pursuing knowledge for its own sake is slowly, quietly making a comeback.
When a woman claims to be a man, should the university and the press play along?
It is difficult to speak up and defend certain unpopular truths on today’s college campuses. But it is also urgently needed and greatly rewarding.
To stimulate job creation, Democrats favor government spending and Republicans favor tax cuts, but is there a more direct way?
Social conservatives must understand and embrace America’s traditional economic culture before they can contribute to its renewal. Economic conservatives must expel the infection of shallow anthropology, vulgar utilitarianism, and metaphysical blindness that they picked up from progressivism in the 20th century.
A new resolution before Europe's leading human rights council attacks conscience and community.
A new book by Gabriel Schoenfeld examines the dangers and difficulties inherent in keeping state secrets.
The controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” cannot be understood apart from the history of other communities and their struggles to overcome religious intolerance. And no one should exploit such fears for quick partisan gain.
Americans must still wrestle with what it means to take the lives of innocent civilians intentionally.
In a series of recent cases, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have abandoned judicial restraint.
Are market economies friends or foes of the environment?
Can Thomistic art theory provide an alternative to postmodern “Neutralism”?
Sometimes a defense of shared liberal values can become the partisan promotion of one of liberalism's strands.