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Does feminism make sense?

February 7, 2024 James Kalb 42

The duality of male and female is basic to human life. People find it inscrutable, suggestive, frustrating, necessary, and sublime all at once. That’s why it has given rise to so much great, not-great, and […]

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Leave the world or embrace it?

January 3, 2024 James Kalb 36

People today say social engagement is a basic part of the Christian life. Even so, it is shot through with paradox. Christ was not part of everyday social life. He had no property, no job, […]

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Realities are greater than ideas

November 1, 2023 James Kalb 19

How the world works usually matters more than what we’re trying to accomplish. We see that in politics, with democracy as an obvious example. It wants the people to rule. But the people can’t possibly […]

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Technocracy and the sexes, part II

October 2, 2023 James Kalb 8

The attention given to Jordan Peterson, and recently to more alarming figures like Andrew Tate, Bronze Age Pervert, and Raw Egg Nationalist, shows that people are finding men’s issues more pressing. The interest in these […]

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Persecution then and now

August 2, 2023 James Kalb 20

To persecute is to push down on a weaker group, at least somewhat continuously, in order to weaken or destroy it. For Catholics, the example that sets the type is the persecution of Christians in […]

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Sex, wokeness, and social justice

July 8, 2023 James Kalb 71

America and the whole Western world have just completed “Pride Month,” a string of observances celebrating all things LGBTQ. The message was that these things are normal and beneficial, a matter of choice and identity, […]

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Tradition and the signs of the times

June 6, 2023 James Kalb 12

How can Catholics most help the world? The obvious answer is that they would help most if they became saints. If you as a Catholic want to “make a difference,” cultivate sanctity and wholehearted love […]