Against utopia
What is the relation between the Gospel and the common good? My latest at Catholic World Report. (If you
prefer, you can also read it in Ukrainian.)
Political theory
Is the family still fundamental?
Have the state and market replaced all other social institutions? I ask at Catholic World Report.
Intelligence in Danger of Death
This piece in Chronicles includes a short review I wrote about Marcel De Corte’s Intelligence
in Danger of Death, a penetrating critique of modern thought.
Ordo amoris
I discuss the Vice President’s comments at Catholic World Report.
MAGA, Trump, and the vision thing
Like everybody else, I comment on the whole Trump victory thing.
The Church in an age of anxiety
What to do in a time of uncertainty? My latest at Catholic World Report.
Benedict Options
Here’s a chapter I wrote for The Future of the Catholic Church in the American Political Order, a collection of essays edited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Thomas F.X. Varacalli.
Benedict Options
James Kalb
1 Introduction
As others have noted, we see around us the growth of a public order dominated by a post-Christian … More ...
My review of Marcel De Corte, Intelligence in Danger of Death
My review of Marcel De Corte’s Intelligence in Danger of Death has been published in Catholic Social Science Review.
The Old Right and the Recovery of Social Order
The following essay was written for A Paleoconservative Anthology: New Voices for an Old Tradition, edited by Paul Gottfried, but was left out (apparently due to an administrative slip-up—editorial changes, author’s bio etc. had all been agreed on). A slightly revised version will be published in the Australian journal Observer and Review.
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… More ...The world, the Gospel, and the Most Real Being
I discuss progressive Christianity at Catholic World Report.