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Politics without truth

July 2, 2024 by James Kalb

Lies, damn lies, statistics, expert consensus—where and how will it end? I discuss at Catholic World Report.

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Tweets and tyrants

June 4, 2024 by James Kalb
I moan and groan about a twitterized world at Catholic World Report.
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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.

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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.”

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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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