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When Marxists make Right

June 17, 2020 Jerry Salyer 2

Grotesquely misguided as Marxism undoubtedly is, a case can be made that some of the concerns which animate Marxists are legitimate. After all, exploitation is no mere empty rhetorical term when applied to many 19th-century […]

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Patriotism, Poland, and Cardinal Sarah

February 16, 2020 Jerry Salyer 17

From the standpoint of those of us concerned about questions of nationality, sovereignty, and rootedness, it is only logical to find that the most resolute upholders of Catholic tradition should also be among the most […]

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Macbeth, Abortion, and Human Rights

January 19, 2020 Jerry Salyer 3

With participants in this year’s March for Life converging upon Washington this week, it seems to me apropos to consider one of the Western Civilization’s profoundest reflections upon the Fifth Commandment. In a pivotal scene […]

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Abortion: The Mark of Dystopia

January 14, 2019 Jerry Salyer 6

“As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase.” — Aldous Huxley, Foreword to Brave New World Many liberals seem to think that dystopian cautionary tales can only be directed against the […]