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Repentance and Forgiveness in a Pornified Age

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (752+ words) In 2012, one of us asked two dozen young conservative women in San Diego'most aged twenty-five to thirty'whether they were married. Only one was. When pressed for reasons, the answer came quickly: "The men are addicted to porn." That moment revealed…...

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The German Gambit

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (295+ words) This latter point is important. If the German proposal were to be approved by Rome, or at least be met with benign neglect, the floodgates would open, and the German example would metastasize to many other corners of the Church,…...

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On Aliens and Our Alienation from God

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (157+ words) The Department of War recently released dozens of files, dating back to the 1940s, of UFO sightings. There's more to come, but there are no real revelations here. Everything remains unclear." That's as it should be." Not many will follow Pascal's…...

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The End of Princeton's Honor

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (197+ words) Living with the Honor Code gave you a sense of privilege: You were part of a group, and in the group, you could be sure that mistrust was misplaced. I enjoyed my professors" confidence in me; it felt like the…...

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AI and the Miracle that Makes Us Human

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (218+ words) So much for the obvious. What, if anything, it has to do with the urgent issue of the day'in this case, AI and its implications'will become clear in a moment." I've watched the Spielberg film half a dozen times over…...

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Doing Justice While Making Catholic Schools Affordable

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (114+ words) So, what does this new federal tax credit scholarship program actually do? Details may be found at the website of the Invest in Education Foundation, but here's the gist of the program. But that will take mobilization. George Weigel is…...

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Pope and President Tangle

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (228+ words) What are we to make of this spectacle? That said, Trump and his advisers are correct to identify the Catholic Church as a political opponent. As I have written on several occasions, as an international institution, the Church has been…...

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Thomophobia

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (811+ words) Every year the American Library Association marks "Banned Books Week," a celebration devoted mostly to books that aren't banned at all, such as The Handmaid's Tale. It does not usually include actually banned books, such as the terrorism manuals that…...

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A Dreadful Humility

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (116+ words) At some point we must give up trying to understand other people. Love them, surely. But recognize that such a love cannot be based on comprehension. We need always to remember that our love is carried on some great tide…...

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Prodigal Child

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (302+ words) Against Post-Liberalism: Why "Family, Faith and Flag" Is a Dead End for the Leftby paul kellypolity, 208 pages, $22. 95 Post-Liberalismby matt sleatpolity, 240 pages, $22. 95 Both Kelly and Sleat deserve credit for taking their interlocutors seriously. Too many critics of postliberalism have been content…...