Editor’s note: An early version of this article first appeared in Crisis Magazine last October. Roe v. Wade and so-called “abortion rights” are facing challenges unlike any time before. The chances of abortion being sent back to the states are … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. The number of Russian combat deaths in Ukraine is striking, perhaps already exceeding the total dead in 10 years of war in Afghanistan from 1979-89. A NATO official has estimated that 7,000-15,000 … Continue reading
The 14th Annual Ronald Reagan Lecture Join Mr. Barr, President Paul McNulty ’80, and Dr. Paul Kengor for a conversation touching on Mr. Barr’s role as U.S. Attorney General for two presidents, his White House duties in the Reagan Administration, … Continue reading
Here’s a critical question for enthusiasts of critical race theory, particularly its growing number of advocates on the religious left: How did MLK do what he did without CRT? That is, how did the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to stop a state vax mandate for healthcare workers invoking religious objections. It declined to halt New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s denial of the First Amendment religious rights of healthcare workers. Only three justices … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “Oh my gosh, daddy, they’re killing each other!” So said my son John in a plea of desperation. He was referring not to his siblings, mercifully, but to our turkeys. … Continue reading
Few modern topics have become as divisive as critical race theory, which is no surprise, given that CRT divides. It divides people into groups pitted against one another, into categories of oppressed vs. oppressor. What’s worse, your group defines you. … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Sitting in the lobby of a Washington hotel having drinks with friends, I glanced at the television and was pulled in by images of October baseball — the playoff season. … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. On Sept. 8, 2021, Grove City College President Paul McNulty spoke in downtown Pittsburgh regarding his uniquely fascinating yet somber 9/11 experiences. He played an intimate role in the prosecution … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “MLB remained absent-mindedly and cowardly mute on the Cuban people’s freedom struggles, despite the game’s close ties with Cuban players.” So writes David, a Grove City College … Continue reading
This is a recorded conversation with Paul Kengor and John Gizzi, a veteran reporter and White House Correspondant for Newsmax. They discuss the future of conservatism at the 2021 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Crisis Magazine. “The early church was a socialist church.” So said Rev. Raphael Warnock in 2016, four years before the citizens of Georgia elected him a U.S. senator. It’s a strange statement, least … Continue reading
Preparation for Life’s Unexpectedness: A Biographical Case for School Choice with Lenny McAllister Lenny McAllister is CEO of Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools. To learn more about him and his work, visit their website here.
In the late 1980s, as a pre-med major at the University of Pittsburgh, I pulled many all-nighters at Scaife Hall at Pitt’s School of Medicine. My friend Dirk and I knew the only way we would ever make breakfast at … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in The American Spectator. For Christians, Holy Week truly is the most holy week of the year. Or at least it should be. The only period of comparable significance is Christmas, … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. On February 14, 2021, the world quietly lost one of the most intriguing, enduring figures of the Cold War. He was Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. “I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me.” So crooned Bing Crosby in December 1943. The song was a lament for countless boys fighting abroad in World War … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at National Catholic Register. “In 1949, some friends and I came upon a noteworthy news item in Nature, a magazine of the Academy of Sciences.” So opens Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s majestic The Gulag Archipelago, … Continue reading
“If someone calls it socialism,” said the Rev. William Barber at an August 2019 conference of the Democratic National Committee, “then we must compel them to acknowledge that the Bible must then promote socialism, because Jesus offered free health care … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review in 2018. This year’s remembrances of September 11, 2001 were odd for me. Consider: Did you ever think you’d live to see a time when the new generation doesn’t remember … Continue reading
