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James Kalb

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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Why the unreality?

December 8, 2015 by James Kalb

Non-progressives often find it hard to understand why even the battiest left-liberal views have such durability and power. I attempt an explanation in my latest piece at Catholic World Report.

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More thoughts about immigration

November 10, 2015 by James Kalb

I continue discussing immigration at Catholic World Report.

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Mechanical nihilism

October 26, 2024November 4, 2015 by James Kalb

I review Anthony Esolen’s book Life Under Compulsion at Chronicles Magazine.

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Subordinating the sacred to the secular

November 4, 2015 by James Kalb

For a salute to the German bishops as model churchmen for our time–sort of–see my latest column at Crisis Magazine.

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