An Invitation to a Spiritual Smorgasbord

New Oxford Review | July-August 2025 Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious By Ross Douthat Publisher: Zondervan | Pages: 240 | Price: $29.99 Review Author: Preston R. Simpson Ross Douthat’s Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious is a most unusual work of apologetics. You might assume that because Douthat is a Catholic this would be a work of Catholic apologetics, or… Read More An Invitation to a Spiritual Smorgasbord

The Most Dangerous Moment For the U.S. Pro-Life Movement

First Things Magazine. The last few weeks have offered some encouragement for the pro-life cause. Florida, South Dakota, and Nebraska rejected pro-abortion ballot measures, the first such victories since Dobbs v. Jackson—a watershed moment worth celebrating. Moreover, Kamala Harris’s resounding defeat, after essentially running on abortion, offers considerable hope for pro-life politics. Yet despite this, the… Read More The Most Dangerous Moment For the U.S. Pro-Life Movement

Our State Religion

By Solange Hertz Any citizen doubting that the Old Religion of the alchemists is the state religion of the U.S. need only make a pilgrimage to the nation’s capital, beginning with the Prayer Room established in the Capitol by joint resolution of Congress in 1954. He will find there for his devotion a small central… Read More Our State Religion