Accentuating the positive
I have a piece up at Crisis Magazine about the work that’s needed to present Catholic doctrine in a way that it can be understood.
James Kalb
More of the same
Here’s a discussion of the future of race relations.
More of the Same
The state of American race relations in twenty years will depend on the status of a conflict among various immovable objects and irresistible but slow-acting forces. Such conflicts generally don’t go anywhere fast, so neither will race relations.
The most obvious immovable … More ...
Essay on Christopher Alexander
An essay or book review I wrote on architectural theorist Christopher Alexander’s theory of order has appeared in the International Journal of Architectural Research. Here’s the special issue in which the piece appears.
The Church and the world after Vatican II
My current column at Catholic World Report discusses how extremely demanding Paul VI’s vision of the Council was, how the world has been much too willful and strong and Catholic flesh and blood too weak, and what needs to be done to retrieve the situation somewhat.
Tradition vindicated
That’s the topic of my latest column at Crisis Magazine.
Nature in an unnatural age
I have a piece at the Catholic World Report weblog on the absurdity and necessity of natural law arguments in a moralistic technocracy.
Carrying on the battle
My latest column at Catholic World Report says we’re not going to be able to slide through the current situation by lying low and waiting until it all blows over. The issues are too basic.
The one, the many, and inclusion
My latest piece at Crisis Magazine discusses good fences, good neighbors, the One, the Many, and inclusiveness.
A necessary book
[The following review appeared in the June, 2014 issue of Chronicles:]
We have been enduring the cultural revolution of liberal modernity. It is hard to say exactly when that revolution began, but it took a great step forward in the 60’s, when social and religious tradition lost its last shreds of public authority, and … More ...