We must begin to notice, name and resist the distortions caused by ageism, so that more clear-eyed assessments of President Biden are possible.
US Politics
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
‘Stop Donald Trump’ isn’t enough. The Democratic Party needs a deeper message to win the election.
Too many people opposing Mr. Trump have adopted an us-vs.-them mentality. Democrats must attempt to bridge the real divisions in the United States.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What the Catholic Church can learn about aging from Biden’s debate debacle
There’s a lot at stake in our country and in our church. We must learn from those with experience, but we must also prepare the next generation to take our place.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Interview: Putting the Ten Commandments in public classrooms? Catholics should think twice.
Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau, an expert on secularism, argues Catholics should be wary of Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The true story of the Christian teen behind ‘The Paradoxical Commandments’ for effective protest
“The Paradoxical Commandments” peal out a truth that no one wants to hear: Doing right is its own reward. And it was formulated by, of all people, a teenager.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Americans are giving up on America. Can John Courtney Murray remind us what’s still to love about our country?
We must call Americans back to the political vision that enabled us to become a free people.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
There will be no perfect abortion law. But the pro-life movement can still make progress.
What is needed, far more than a perfect abortion law, is a clear focus on the moral failure of a society in which abortion rates are rising rather than falling, in which too many women feel afraid, unable or unwilling to carry pregnancies to term and welcome new life into the world.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Report: Pro-life advocates on the future of the movement after Dobbs
Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Louisiana public schools must post Ten Commandments in classrooms
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, a Republican, has ordered all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms by the start of 2025, a move decried by much of civil society as a violation of the separation of church and state.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Immigration and declining fertility are shaping elections in Europe and the U.S.
Both the United States and the European Union are experiencing a period when double-digit percentages of foreign-born people have been able to achieve legal residency.