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Is America a revolutionary ideological state?

February 18, 2018 by James Kalb

I discuss the issue at Catholic World Report.

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Reducing religion to politics

February 16, 2018 by James Kalb

I discuss why religion like everything else gets turned into politics these days at Crisis Magazine.

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Harassment, social progress, and the Church

January 19, 2018 by James Kalb

I comment on the current to-do about Harvey Weinstein and the guys at Catholic World Report.

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The idea of an inclusive society

January 12, 2018 by James Kalb

People say we need an inclusive society, but what would one actually be like? I discuss the question at Crisis Magazine.

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Dissolving the black hole of modernity

January 5, 2018 by James Kalb

I participate in a symposium on “reactionary praxis: how to turn critique and theory into practical use” at Sydney Traditionalist Forum. My contribution is here.

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Donald Trump, social issues, and Catholic witness

December 24, 2017 by James Kalb

I comment on that rather strange combination of concerns at Catholic World Report.

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Honoring rulers, honoring truth

December 21, 2017 by James Kalb

I discuss in Crisis Magazine the difficulties that arise showing respect for our betters when our betters aren’t really our betters.

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Anti-ideals, anti-theologies

December 4, 2017 by James Kalb

I talk about the relation between bad religion and bad politics at Catholic World Report.

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Trump and social issues

September 20, 2024December 3, 2017 by James Kalb

The following are my notes for a lecture I presented to the 2017 meeting of the H. L. Mencken Club on Trump and the “social issues.”

  1. What are the social issues?
  2. Why are they hard to deal with?
  3. What’s at stake?
  4. Why Trump as a social conservative?

He’s not an actual social conservative. He’s OK … More ...

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Does Catholic political idealism make sense?

November 20, 2017 by James Kalb

Is Catholicism really all about politics? I discuss the issue at Catholic World Report.

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