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‘None of This Matters’
In its ability to overcome distraction, Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign might serve as a symbol for a broader transition away from the culture wars.
Are We a Republic or a Democracy?
Some people fixate on the supposed consequences of whether we are a republic or a democracy. But we are, and always have been, both.
No War Is Just
The Church’s just-war doctrine was always aimed at preventing war, not justifying it. Archbishop John Wester tells Heidi Schlumpf why all modern wars are immoral.
The Rise of the Christian Left?
Election 2026
Campaign exhortations to Christian charity from candidates like James Talarico and Adam Hamilton will fade quickly. Now, the hard work of advancing justice begins.
Are AI Chatbots Inevitable?
Artificial IntelligenceTechnology
Despite amassing plentiful evidence of the risks of AI chatbots, Sherry Turkle's latest book concludes that chatbot use is both ubiquitous and inevitable.
Should the Pope Vote?
Election 2026Pope Leo XIVPolitics
There are good reasons for a conclave to be the last time a pope casts a ballot. With Leo's recent midterm vote, a threshold has been crossed.
The Old Testament for Trumpists
Donald TrumpReligionTheologyPoliticsElection 2026
The nationalist intellectual Yoram Hazony's Erasmus Lecture ended with a whimper. Twenty-four hours later, voters delivered MAGA a staggering rebuke.
For President…Convict No. 9653
HistoryPolitics
In his path-breaking new biography of Eugene V. Debs, Shawn Gude looks back to a time when the left thought it had a chance to go mainstream.
They Want to Believe
CultureReligion
A growing belief in the paranormal could be unsettling to many people. But young seekers may have something to teach formal religious institutions.
A Rare but Growing Courage
BishopsWar and PeacePope Leo XIVTheologyDonald Trump
The first-ever Catholic Military Conference is unlikely to be a pep rally for the Trump administration and its policies.
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When Kids Ate Like Grownups
Nonfiction
In 'Picky,' Helen Zoe Veit chronicles the gradual dulling of American kids' palates.
Agnes R. Howard
Pulling the Brake
HistoryEconomyPoverty
Two recent histories of capitalism show its rapacious, violent appetite. How might Catholics contribute to a politics of repair?
Eugene McCarraher
Just Like Us
BooksCulturepostliberalism
Patrick Deneen's 'American Odyssey' reads Homer instrumentally, transforming a rich epic into a neat model for social conservatism.
Charles McNamara

Election 2026

Sycophants, Snakes, and Creeps
‘None of This Matters’
Split Down the Middle Again
The Old Testament for Trumpists

Pope Leo XIV

Should the Pope Vote?
Havel, Trump, and the Church
A Rare but Growing Courage
The Right’s Disturbing Appetite for Death

Culture

An Interview with Jana Prikryl
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Contemporary
They Want to Believe
Is Hollywood to Blame for Trump?

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John P. Sisk on the Beatniks and Tradition (1959)
Martin Turnell on the Religious Novel (1951)
Peter Steinfels on the Death of Christian Democracy (1967)