Trust, tribalism, and the Church
What happens when AI fakes make it impossible to verify anything? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Society and culture
The reset we need
I continue to complain about the vacancy of current public life and call for a basic change of direcion on Catholic World Repoort.
Clear diagnosis, unclear remedies?
Here’s the text of a lecture I presented July 9, 2025, at the Roman Forum conference in Gardone, Italy:
Clear Diagnosis, Unclear Remedies?
James Kalb
Introduction
To understand the world and ourselves we need to take God and nature seriously. But what do we do then? People complain that talking about God and nature tells … More ...
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.)
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.
More on what to do now
I continue my discussion of what Catholics should be doing in current unsettled times at Catholic World Report.
What way to a better world?
I do a little noodling about what Catholics should be doing now that social orthodoxies have been somewhat unsettled by the Trump victory, at Catholic World Report.
MAGA, Trump, and the vision thing
Like everybody else, I comment on the whole Trump victory thing.