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St. Thomas Aquinas on the Five Remedies for Sorrow

By Matt Fradd

Download PDF No matter how good we have it, no matter how wealthy we are, or how many good friends we have, or even how holy we are, all of us will experience sorrow in this life. A couple of years into my marriage when my wife, newborn child, and I were living in...

The Godless Roots of Socialism

By Catherine Ruth Pakaluk

Download PDF What is it about socialism? It seems that the arguments against it, no matter how finely tuned, have to be made over and over again in every generation. It pops up in one nation faster than it can be put down in another. The sons of men who fought...

The Power of Festivity in Unfestive Times

By Dr. Daniel McInerny

Download PDF You are very brave to sit down to read a piece by a philosopher on the theme of festivity. We philosophers do not exactly have a reputation for spreading joy and the festive spirit. We can, in fact, be rather dull at parties, especially when we start...

The Scandal of Uneducated College Graduates

By Dale Ahlquist

Download PDF A few years ago, a friend said to me: “At some point, everything becomes a TLA.” I admitted that I didn’t know what he was talking about. “What’s a TLA?” I asked. “Three Letter Acronym.” Although amused, I did not respond with: “LOL.” Of course, LOL had...

Understanding and Responding to Our Transgender Moment

By Dr. Ryan Anderson

Download PDF America is in the midst of what has been called a “transgender moment.”1 In the space of a year, transgender issues went from something that most Americans had never heard of to a cause claiming the mantle of civil rights. Can a boy truly be “trapped” in...

Clinton, Trump, and the Politics of the English Language

By Ben Reinhard

Download PDF Worrying about words may well seem like a frivolous luxury at this stage in the history of the Republic. We have, after all, recently witnessed the end of the most divisive election season in recent memory, waged between two of the most polarizing...