Faith here and now
I discuss some of the difficulties of faith in a world whose highest ideals oppose it, and the attempt to flee the difficulties by romanticizing faraway people and their struggles.
James Kalb
Trust, tribalism, and the Church
What happens when AI fakes make it impossible to verify anything? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Why so much political hatred?
I argue at Catholic World Report that the attempt to put equality at the center of social order backfires.
The reset we need
I continue to complain about the vacancy of current public life and call for a basic change of direcion on Catholic World Repoort.
The Gospel, politics, and love of God
I discuss the relation between politics and the Gospel at Catholic World Report.
Clear diagnosis, unclear remedies?
Here’s the text of a lecture I presented July 9, 2025, at the Roman Forum conference in Gardone, Italy:
Clear Diagnosis, Unclear Remedies?
James Kalb
Introduction
To understand the world and ourselves we need to take God and nature seriously. But what do we do then? People complain that talking about God and nature tells … More ...
Technology and social justice
I have a piece on “social justice,” technology, and tyranny at Catholic World Report.
Remembering Joseph de Maistre
I have a piece in Chronicles on the Savoyard counterrevotionary that’s part of their Remembering the Right series.
Against utopia
What is the relation between the Gospel and the common good? My latest at Catholic World Report. (If you
prefer, you can also read it in Ukrainian.)
Is the family still fundamental?
Have the state and market replaced all other social institutions? I ask at Catholic World Report.