Republicans have booted Liz Cheney for resisting the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. This move could boomerang on those who champion the truths of tradition and faith.
Donald Trump
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Joe Biden: Another populist president?
Joe Biden wants to build support among U.S. citizens so that the G.O.P. is forced to work with him.
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Will Arbery’s hit play foreshadowed the Capitol Riot. Here’s what he thinks is next for Catholic Trump supporters.
Will Arbery’s 2019 play “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” was praised by viewers from across the political spectrum for its nuanced depiction of Catholic conservatives in the Trump era.
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An unholy trinity led to the Capitol Riots: Fake news, fanaticism and a fetish for guns.
It can happen again.
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The same Catholics who condemn ‘relativism’ and a ‘culture of death’ have built a deadly, post-truth world
Catholics in the United States who frequently use the expressions “culture of death” and “dictatorship of relativism” increasingly inhabit—and have helped to build—a world that these slogans describe.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The future of the pro-life movement after Trump
To overcome some pro-lifers’ shameful alliance with Trump, the movement must become more like Pope Francis, writes Charles Camosy.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Republicans use ‘unconstitutional’ in bad faith — and it’s dangerous for the pro-life movement.
The Republican Party has steadily devalued the meaning of “unconstitutional” in its defense of Donald Trump, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J., undermining the best legal argument of the pro-life movement.
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John Courtney Murray paved the way for Joe Biden. But does the Jesuit’s theory of America still stand today?
As we give thanks for John Courtney Murray, S.J., we should probably temper our gratitude and be mindful that “the Murray project,” as it is sometimes called, brings with it some caveats.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Interview: Did playwright Will Arbery predict the storming of the Capitol in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’?
“There’s a war coming, dude,” says one character to another in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” Was she right?
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Donald Trump has abused the presidential pardon—but it still has an important place in a humane society
The power of pardon should be directed toward repairing the failures of the legal system; toward those whose needs are especially pronounced; and toward the building up of a culture of mercy and forgiveness.