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Liberalism as a religion

May 3, 2016 by James Kalb

I discuss the religion of liberalism at Sydney Traditionalist Forum.

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People still read Sartre!

April 29, 2016 by James Kalb

A lecturer and adjunct professor of philosophy in Ohio has commented on a column on natural law I published recently at Catholic World Report (republished at Crisis).

He’s an existentialist whose great heroes are Sartre and Beauvoir, so he doesn’t think much of it.

He apparently wants to say “Kalb’s a dogmatic extremist, I’m … More ...

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Podcast with Tom Woods

April 28, 2016 by James Kalb

I was a guest on Tom Woods’s podcast yesterday, discussing my book The Tyranny of Liberalism.

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Pieces published elsewhere

April 21, 2016 by James Kalb

I’ve been busy, and haven’t been adding links to new items published at other sites. I think these will bring me up to date:

  • The True Benedict Option for Our Time. A Crisis piece commenting on the need for coherent local community.
  • Natural Law, Reality, and Ideological Fantasies. Something in Catholic World Report
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Liberalism, conservatism, and Catholicism

February 22, 2016 by James Kalb

I explore the differences and connections among the three tendencies in my latest piece at Crisis Magazine.

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What should we do about natural law?

February 20, 2016 by James Kalb

I’ve published the first of a series of pieces about natural law and how to bring it more public attention at Catholic World Report.

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Theory, practice, and the Church

January 23, 2016 by James Kalb

What’s all this about doctrine versus discipline in the Church? I try to unriddle some of the considerations in my latest piece in Catholic World Report.

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What a pastoral Church would look like

January 19, 2016 by James Kalb

We hear the word “pastoral” quite a bit today, but the intended meaning is sometimes puzzling. I try to straighten everything out in my latest piece at Crisis Magazine.

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The Donald

August 4, 2024December 11, 2015 by James Kalb

I give an explanation of the Trump phenomenon at Chronicles Magazine.

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Where shall we go?

December 11, 2015 by James Kalb

That’s the question for Church and society today. I talk about it in my latest piece at Crisis Magazine.

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