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Tradition: its necessity and discontents

May 4, 2016 by James Kalb

My current column at Catholic World Report goes into those issues.

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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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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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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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