Conversation Regarding Women in Combat Needs to Go Beyond the Physical
Some women are likely capable of clearing the bar for physical strain. What's worth considering, though, is that battles are ugly when women fight.
View ArticleA “Compassionate Conservative” Revival?
Perhaps a divorce between traditional conservatives and free-market purists, however messy it might be for a short-time, is what will best serve the development of a political union in America that is...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI is Not a(n American) Conservative
Pope Benedict XIV is not a conservative and he is not a liberal. He is a Catholic, and it'd be fantastic if more American Catholics could discard their partisan perspectives and embrace the fullness of...
View ArticleMonks Still Matter
While most people are probably not called to the monastic life, we are all certainly called to be more monk-like.
View ArticlePutting the Purpose Back in Politics
Introducing the latest EP channel, The Purposeful Polis: One part Augustine, one part Aquinas- a comprehensively Catholic take on politics.
View ArticleLiberalism and Natural Law: Deneen contra Schlueter
If the Founding Fathers were able to successfully fuse liberalism with natural law, it is not a conception of natural law that has much internal consistency exclusive to the pre-modern Western...
View ArticleA Blueprint for a Better GOP
I'm on record saying that effectively dissolving the contemporary Republican Party might be what's best-- but that doesn't mean I'm not willing to listen to well thought-out prescriptions that address...
View ArticleSt. Thomas and the Tao
There is a need for a more in-depth explanation of the Tao, and how it includes, but does not equate to, the natural law tradition of Aquinas.
View ArticleMore (Much Needed) Realism from the Right
Conservatives need fewer self-congratulatory sound-bytes and more substantive analysis, grounded in principled realism.
View ArticleOur Brave New World
A recent Huffington Post article left me convinced that I had stumbled upon some brilliant, albeit disturbing, Huxleyan satire of modern society. Yet, despite my hopes to the contrary, it became...
View ArticleDrones and the Sexual Revolution
Like birth control, the technological advantages of drone warfare have only created new problems and exacerbated old ones.
View ArticleEaster Eggs and Marriage Beds: Why Some Things Are Worth Waiting For
When it comes to marriage and holidays, our society encourages us to "celebrate" long before the Big Day has arrived, often leaving us feeling empty when the festivities have subsided. Catholicism...
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The Merits and Limitations of “Conscious Capitalism”
In light of The American Conservative’s favorable review of John Mackey’s recent book (co-authored with Raj Sisodia), Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, I offer my own...
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