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I have another column at Catholic World Report, this one about the necessity of a settled understanding of human nature, the difficulty of establishing on in global technocratic society, and what to do about that situation.

My latest column at Crisis Magazine says that the Church should be very cautious in supporting secular political projects. It makes bishops feel they’re involved in something important but the ultimate point of the project is likely to be something inhuman because that’s the nature of modern political life.

My column for October finally appeared at Catholic World Report. (They had been busy reporting on the late lamented or rather lamentable Synod.) It’s a sort of general account of culture war throughout the ages that notes its unavoidability.

My latest column at Crisis Magazine is about the current crisis of leadership throughout society: why it exists, why it’s a big problem, and what to do about it.

Social liberals take it for granted that social conservatives are meddling, tyrannical, and incipiently violent. My current column at Catholic World Report deals with the issue. Basic response: if liberal views simply transcribe obvious human reality, then conservative views are indeed an attempt to interfere that can be expected to bollix things up in all … More ...

Suppose people had done something sensible about the deficiencies of postwar America. What would it have been? And why did they do all the stupid stuff instead? To find out, read my latest Crisis piece.

Why is it that lefties only bother with three of Jonathan Haidt’s moral concerns while righties care about all six? My current column in Catholic World Report explains it all for you. (It also tells you who Jonathan Haidt is in case you’re not up on all that.)

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.

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.