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Backwards and forwards

May 8, 2024 by James Kalb
Do the Pope’s complaints about “backwardism” make sense? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
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What built the West and why it’s sick

April 18, 2024 by James Kalb

I discuss liberalism and the decline of the West on Will Knowland’s Knowland Knows podcast.

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Remembering the Right: I discuss Paul Elmer More

April 16, 2024April 14, 2024 by James Kalb

I discuss the American New Humanist critic and idiosyncratic Christian apologist on the Chronicles Magazine podcast.

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Social class today

April 9, 2024 by James Kalb

My last two columns at Catholic World Report were about race and sex, so my new one is about class.

Categories Published elsewhere online Tags Inclusiveness, Political theory, Social class, Society and culture Leave a comment

My Youtube videos

March 26, 2024 by James Kalb
Some kind soul has put together a Youtube collection of interviews and talks I’ve given.
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Thoughts on ethnicity and related

March 22, 2024 by James Kalb

Ethnicity is a fraught topic, but I go into it and some related topics at Catholic World Report.

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Does feminism make sense?

February 8, 2024 by James Kalb

I complain about feminism in Catholic World Report, and answer the question with a “no.”

Categories Published elsewhere online Tags Political theory, Society and culture, The sexes 3 Comments

Remembering Paul Elmer More

December 1, 2023 by James Kalb

I discuss “New Humanist” literary critic and Christian apologist Paul Elmer More in the December issue of Chronicles Magazine.

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More on my new book

November 11, 2023 by James Kalb

An essay by British journalist James Jeffrey in Brussels Signal tucks in a brief discussion of my recent book The Disintegration of Man.

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The Synod speaks

October 31, 2023 by James Kalb

I comment on the Summary Report of the first session of the Synod on Synodality at the Chronicles Magazine website. It’s not good.

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