The Never-Ending Crises of the West
How to Save the West, the debut book from Claremont Institute editor and podcast host Spencer Klavan, sets itself an impossible task with its title—one its author tacitly admits in…
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Revisiting Pope Benedict’s Thought on Reason and Faith
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died yesterday [December 31, 2022], at the age of 95. Benedict always strongly defended and promoted simple Christian charity, carefully distinguishing it from a notion of…
Happy Thanksgiving Day 2021
"The Statue of Liberty and this wonderful holiday called Thanksgiving go together naturally because although as Americans we have many things for which to be thankful, none is more important…
Robert Wuthnow’s Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy and Philanthropy
Wuthnow’s new book Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy places faith-based philanthropy in the context of that which has kept and will keep our democratic polity healthy. His general claim…
The Johnson Amendment Restricts Free Speech
Originally published in The Daily Caller in October 2016. Donald Trump has promised plenty this election cycle: Economic growth, border security, and a stronger America abroad. But one of his…
Rallying Believers to Pax Gaia: If you’re pro-God, you must be Green, suggests Yale’s Forum on Religion and Ecology
Mother Earth; Grim and Tucker; and a scene from a YouTube video featuring Thomas Berry. Green Watch July 2016 — Rallying Believers to Pax Gaia If you're pro-God, you must be…