A Catholic populism?
I have a piece in Catholic World Report on the current wave of populism and what Catholics should do about it.
Pontiffs and pontificators
Maureen Mullarkey’s characteristically vivid comments on Pope Francis and the environment have drawn much attention from participants in the Internet Francis Wars. One big reason is that her comments sometimes go beyond the vivid to the caustic (“press toads,” “ideologue,” “meddlesome egoist,” “megalomania”). Another is that they were made on her blog at First Things… More ...
What is “pro-life”?
I poke at the term and explore its usage in my latest column at Catholic World Report. The thought at the end, about how modern ways of thinking divide into liberalism devoid of reality and conservatism devoid of soul, needs to be developed.
The evaporation of truth
I discuss the disappearance of truth in social life today at Crisis Magazine.
Books read in 2016
I contribute to a symposium on “best books read in 2016” at Catholic World Report.
Progressive derangement syndrome
I discuss the topic in connection with Brexit and the recent US election at Crisis Magazine.
How many cheers for capitalism?
I consider Christian objections to “capitalism” in my latest at Catholic World Report.
Liberalism and social issues
Here’s a talk I gave to the H. L. Mencken Club a couple weeks ago. A shorter version was published at Crisis Magazine.
Social Issues: What, Why and Whither
by James Kalb
Today I’m going to speak about social issues: what they are, why they’re issues, and where they’re going. I’ll include some comments … More ...
Comments on the election
Looking forward there’s a lot to do. Part of an insta-symposium at Chronicles.
Dictatorship and relativism
What sense does it make to speak of a “dictatorship of relativism? I discuss the point in Catholic World Report.