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Left, Right, and Church teaching: seasonal reflections on politics

April 23, 2021 by James Kalb

Why do religious and political positions align so closely? Some reflections at Catholic World Report.

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The Church and the suicide of the West

March 16, 2021 by James Kalb

Why is the West killing itself? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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What kind of tyranny?

February 11, 2021 by James Kalb

What’s the basic nature of current tyranny? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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Identity and Catholicism

January 15, 2021 by James Kalb

What’s the relation between basic identitarian thought and Catholicism? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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Wokeness and Catholicism

December 3, 2020 by James Kalb

What is the relation between wokeness and Catholicism? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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What has gone wrong?

November 3, 2020 by James Kalb

I discuss why we are where we are politically and where it’s likely to go at Catholic World Report.

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Is America good or evil?

October 2, 2020 by James Kalb

It’s a strange question, but people ask it. I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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Industrial-strength problems

September 17, 2020 by James Kalb

I complain about industrial society at Catholic World Report.

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A secular society?

August 4, 2020 by James Kalb

I argue at Catholic World Report that secularist commitments simply mean that the established religion will be irrational.

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Vatican II: a lawyer’s perspective

August 3, 2020 by James Kalb

Did it make sense to put 3,000 guys from all over the world who don’t know each other in a room together, tell them to write long discussions of God, the world, and everything, and make the results law for the universal Church? I discuss in Crisis Magazine.

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