Men Ditch Suits, and Retailers Struggle to Adapt
San Antonio Violates the First Amendment to Punish Chick-fil-A
Princeton Seminary students are asking for reparations for school’s role in slavery
Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Service: Remembering The Queen Of Soul’s Beautiful Life
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture
SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook’s internal message board last week. Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network. “We are a political monoculture that’s intolerant of different views,” Brian Amerige, a senior Facebook engineer, wrote in the post, which was obtained by […]
America Soured on My Multiracial Family
There are three fundamental, complicating truths about adoption. First, every single adoption begins with profound loss. Through death, abandonment, or even loving surrender, a child suffers the loss of his or her mother and father. Second, the demographics of those in need of loving homes do not precisely match the demographics of those seeking a […]
It’s not Birthright that’s in need of repair, it’s American Judaism
In recent days and weeks, much ink has been used and many electrons have been generated to bemoan the status of Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. The current kerfuffle is the result of the walkout from their Birthright trip of students affiliated with the group IfNotNow (a horrible play on the wise words of the rabbinical sage […]
WHY MEN LIKE ME SHOULD NOT BE PRIESTS
I am the sort of man the Catholic Church says shouldn’t be a priest. I experience what the Vatican calls “deep-seated homosexual tendencies,” which, according to the Church, make me an unsuitable candidate for the priesthood. The 2005 Vatican instruction on the question of homosexuality and the priesthood states this clearly: “The Church, while profoundly […]
CLEANSING THE CHURCH OF CLERICAL SACRILEGE
It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church. The shameful sexual sins and crimes of clergy—including cardinals, bishops, and priests—can no longer be tolerated. Tolerance is precisely what has allowed these problems to multiply for decades and persist up to today. As Fr. Thomas Berg recently explained, […]
A Tragic Abandonment of Identity: The Secularization of America’s Religious Colleges and Universities
Several recent articles caught my attention. Each involved a religiously affiliated university contradicting the religious principles that undergird the institution. These particular cases involved Catholic universities and centered on abortion, same-sex marriage, and residence facilities for students who identify as gay, lesbian, or transgender. First, the University of Notre Dame refused an offer by the […]