July 29, 2019
July 26, 2019
Inadequate: Catholic magazine explains why it published Communist propaganda
July 26, 2019
French-language readers of transatlantic learn of free-market environmentalism
July 25, 2019
There is no ‘Catholic case for communism’
July 24, 2019
Religion in Europe? It’s complicated
It’s not unusual for Europe—especially Western Europe—to be portrayed as a continent in which religion and, more specifically, religious practice is in decline. No doubt there’s much truth to that. When you start looking at the hard information, however, it soon becomes apparent that the situation is more complicated. Continue Reading...
July 24, 2019
China’s recycling ban: Surprisingly helpful for the environment
Off the coast of California floats a Texas-sized island made out of garbage. It’s comprised almost entirely of humanity’s plastic waste. Where did this garbage mass in the middle of the Pacific Ocean came from? Continue Reading...
July 23, 2019
Explainer: Who is Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson, a champion of free trade and lower taxes, will serve as the next prime minister of the UK beginning on Wednesday, July 24. Officials announced on Tuesday that Johnson won 66.4 percent of the Conservative Party’s popular vote, besting rival Jeremy Hunt 92,153 votes to 46,656. Continue Reading...
July 19, 2019
New resources to understand ‘Nordic socialism’
Up to 20 forms of life are likely to survive a nuclear war: strains of bacteria, certain insects, and the myth of Nordic socialism. Despite those nations’ most dogged attempts to educate North Americans that they are not socialist, the idea that they present a model of “successful socialism” persists. Continue Reading...
July 19, 2019
Christianity in Iraq: The brutal truth
When it comes to understanding the present plight of Middle-Eastern Christianity, one author to whom I usually turn is Father Benedict Kiely. He’s the founder of Nasarean.org, which tries to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Continue Reading...
July 16, 2019
BBC’s ‘Years and Years’: Economic progress causes the apocalypse
Scanning bookshelves crammed with titles like Divergent, The Hunger Games, and countless imitators, this is the literary era of dystopian fiction. BBC One entered the genre with its “woke” TV series “Years and Years,” which offered UK viewers the unique analysis that technological progress and economic freedom triggered the apocalypse. Continue Reading...
