Politics, Religion, and the Ruling Class

May 5, 2016 CWR Staff 2

Angelo M. Codevilla is a professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University (where he taught from 1995 to 2008), a former U.S. naval officer and Foreign Service officer, a former senior research fellow at […]

Good Catholics, good citizens

May 4, 2016 George Weigel 0

The Catholic love affair with the United States of America is heading into rough and uncharted waters – and not only in this 2016 election cycle, but for the foreseeable future. U.S. Catholics have, in […]

After Justice Scalia

February 24, 2016 George Weigel 0

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13 – unexpected and, for many reasons, tragic – draws a curtain on the life and public service of one of the most important Catholic figures in […]

Anger and citizenship

February 3, 2016 George Weigel 0

The Iowa caucuses are in the rear-view mirror, the New Hampshire primary looms on the horizon, and by most media accounts, the leitmotif of Campaign 2016 is “anger.” As in: a lot-of-Americans-are-angry-and-that-explains-the attraction-of-certain-candidates, whether that […]

A Ukrainian Christmas-at-the-crossroads

January 20, 2016 George Weigel 0

When Ukraine celebrated Christmas two weeks ago, there were ample reasons for pessimism about that long-suffering country’s future. The national parliament is often dysfunctional, even by Washington standards. Corruption remains rampant throughout society and government. […]

Catholics and November 8th

January 6, 2016 George Weigel 0

To redeploy a phrase from President Ford, our “long national nightmare” – in this case, the semi-permanent presidential campaign – will be over in eleven months, or at least suspended for a year or so. […]