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Religion, liberalism, and worldly success

July 10, 2013 by James Kalb

My latest column is now up at Catholic World Report. Basically it presents a standard cyclical view of one aspect of history: a society with a good religion will become successful, which makes the religion lose its hold, which means the society will stop being successful.

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The radical meaning of “gay marriage”

July 3, 2013 by James Kalb

That’s the title of my most recent piece at Crisis Magazine. It discusses recent developments in connection with the trend toward a single universal regime of contract and regulation in which no point has privileged independence.

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The Church as Archimedes’ fulcrum

June 11, 2013 by James Kalb

Here’s another piece at Crisis, this one about the necessity of the Church as an independent institution in an age of Gleichschaltung.

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Why not a Catholic society instead of a liberal theocracy?

June 4, 2013 by James Kalb

I briefly sketch of what the change would mean and how it could come about in my latest piece at Catholic World Report.

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Smartening up

May 10, 2013 by James Kalb

That’s the topic of my most recent piece at Crisis. It’s a followup to my recent piece on stupidity.

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What are Catholics to do? (part III)

May 3, 2013 by James Kalb

There’s some more of my hand-wringing on the topic over at Catholic World Report.

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Needed: more pith and vinegar

April 17, 2013 by James Kalb

I’ve a piece calling for a return of the right wing aphorism up at Crisis Magazine.

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Tolerance that swallows itself

April 15, 2013 by James Kalb

My review of The Intolerance of Tolerance, a book by reformed theologian D. A. Carson, is available at The University Bookman.

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What Are Catholics To Do? (Part II)

April 15, 2013 by James Kalb

I have more comments at Catholic World Report about what Catholics and other sensible people should do when natural law has been declared a hate crime.

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The triumph of stupidity

March 26, 2013 by James Kalb

I’ve a new piece up at Crisis Magazine on that alarming topic.

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