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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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Is emigration the answer?

October 22, 2015 by James Kalb

My current column at Catholic World Report looks at international migration from the standpoint of source countries and their people, and suggests skepticism about whether it solves many problems. Next month I’ll look at it from the standpoint of recipient countries like America.

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What do we do about an intrusive and unhinged public order?

October 20, 2015 by James Kalb

My October column in Crisis deals with just that question.

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Public order, identity, and the church

September 9, 2015 by James Kalb

That series of abstractions is in fact the topic of my new column at Catholic World Report.

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Living with Papa when he’s a bit quirky

September 3, 2015 by James Kalb

That’s the topic of my new column in Crisis Magazine.

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August columns

August 24, 2015 by James Kalb

I have a piece at Catholic World Report on the pitfalls of world government and one at Crisis Magazine on the consequences of the changes leading to the recent Supreme Court decision on “gay marriage.”

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Finding our way forward in bad times

July 10, 2015 by James Kalb

I’ve a couple of pieces on that topic, one at Crisis Magazine on the virtue of docility–readiness to learn and be taught–in a time of teachers who are both weak and willful, and one at Catholic World Report on the collectivist temptation in present day Catholic thought.

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What prospects for thought?

June 12, 2015 by James Kalb

I follow up last month’s piece at Catholic World Report on the destruction of thought with another on its possible future.

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The Church and the god of this world

June 11, 2015 by James Kalb

Current public thought excludes basic realities, so we shouldn’t use it as a basis of discussion with people today. That’s the thought behind my latest piece at Crisis Magazine.

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How do we smarten up when everything’s dumbing down?

May 9, 2015 by James Kalb

I just published a brace of pieces on that timely topic at Crisis Magazine and Catholic World Report.

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