In Defense of Israel's Legitimacy By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The "Friends of Israel" initiative is an effort to restore a measure of moral integrity to an international environment that is becoming increasingly toxic because of untruths and rank prejudices.
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An Anniversary of Consequence By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The pro-life movement's most important legal victory since Roe v. Wade is jeopardized by Obamacare, and by the insouciance of some Catholics about the extension of the Hyde Amendment to future federal health care legislation.
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What Gettysburg Means By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
If Gettysburg was the pivot of the Civil War, and if the Civil War changed the country from "the United States are..." to "the United States is...", then the United States as we know it was forged on July 1-3, 1863, outside a small crossroads town in Pennsylvania.
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In Praise of Father Schall By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Fr. James Schall, SJ, a man of wit and wisdom, is one of the greatest living figures in Catholic higher education today, and an example of the tremendous heights to which an authentically Catholic education can lead.
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Getting Beyond Bainton By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Christians will best engage in the debate about the morally legitimate use of armed force if they liberate themselves intellectually from the simplistic and inaccurate schema that Roland Bainton taught us fifty years ago.
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Surrounded by Martyrs By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
The 20th century was the greatest century of martyrdom in Christian history. The witness of these martyrs, the memory of which we must be kept bright, can be a rich and edifying source of encouragement to the Church today.
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Papal Kudos for the Fourth Estate? By George Weigel Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI's insistence that the "greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without but arises from sin within the Church," is hardly a ringing endorsement of recent press coverage.
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