Now that postliberalism has become a brand in the virtual public square, it no longer stands for a wholesale critique of the founding assumptions of modernity.
Against Automated Work
Fed Up On Usury
Abortion and the Reformation of Male Strength
Minimalism and the non-binary body
Life in a State Without Abortion
An Ambivalent Victory
Abortion is Eugenics
What The Metaverse Is For
A Conservative Trans Dilemma
The Surprise of Sex
Be Still and Know
Making the Anti-Child
Against Modern Insurance
Escaping the Cave of Liberalism
Curious George Did This To Us
Christian Community or "Benign Misanthropy"?
Crisis Magazine recently published an essay by James Baresel, in which he attacks the idea of Christian community and proposes the ideal of “Benign Misanthropy” instead. His article is certainly misanthropic, but it is hardly benign. Rather, it presents a deeply anti-Christian philosophy under the cover of a supposedly “traditional” Catholicism. Properly understood, the concept of community is an essential part of the Catholic Faith.