Parental Rights in Education Vindicated, AgainJuly 10, 2025 by Dr. Kody W. CooperDr. Kody W. Cooper When Montgomery County acted to obstruct the most fundamental of parental rights, it acted tyrannically—and we should be thankful the Court put a stop to it.The Theologian’s Right and Duty to Remain SilentJuly 9, 2025 by Dr. Richard DeClueDr. Richard DeClue It might not be easy for theologians to keep their contrarian opinions out of the view of the general public, but it is what is asked of them.The Objects of Our Spiritual InfluenceJuly 8, 2025 by Christopher HazellChristopher Hazell We might be pulled by these objects, placing inordinate importance on them, striving after them as a way to prove to ourselves, or others, our intrinsic value.An Ignatian Approach to Astronomy with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJJuly 7, 2025 by Thomas SalernoThomas Salerno Br. Guy explores his Jesuit vocation, the Ignatian approach to faith and science, his work studying meteorites, and much more.All Men Are Created EqualJuly 4, 2025 by Dr. Christopher KaczorDr. Christopher Kaczor Great principles undergird the founding of our nation, despite Jefferson’s and our own failures to live up to them. The Genius of American IndependenceJuly 3, 2025 by Alex TaylorAlex Taylor We should spend time in the coming year reflecting on what the American genius has been historically and is today in the twenty-first century.Making the Church Visible: Flannery O’Connor’s Christian WitnessJuly 2, 2025 by Henry T. Edmondson IIIHenry T. Edmondson III Ralph C. Wood looks to American literature for help in renewing the vitality of American Christianity and finds it in the work of Flannery O’Connor.The Scopes Trial and the Drama of Harmonizing Faith and ReasonJuly 1, 2025 by Dr. Kody W. CooperDr. Kody W. Cooper The trial of John T. Scopes in July 1925 has only the O. J. Simpson trial as a competitor for the moniker “trial of the century.”Reclaiming the Right to LiveJune 30, 2025 by Mark BradfordMark Bradford The line between compulsion and coercion is the strength of a culture that values and promotes all human life.Return to the HeartJune 27, 2025 by Dr. Richard ClementsDr. Richard Clements On the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are reminded of Jesus’s “restless heart” and pray for the grace to align our hearts with his.