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Conservatives Agree Big Tech Is A Problem, But Split On…

Clare Morell

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Something must be done to stop Big Tech censorship, but what? Here’s how lawmakers differ when it comes to antitrust…

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The Federalist / July 8, 2021

The 2021 Summer Reading List

George Weigel

Liberation from lockdowns and quarantines ought not be liberation from serious reading, opportunities for which being one of the few boons of the recent past. Here are some suggestions for summer enrichment.

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First Things / July 8, 2021

Our Rainbow Religion, Which Lets Us Become as Gods

Noelle Mering

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Making ourselves gods might feel like magic at first, but it ends in despair. We simply are not made to be gods, and to attempt that requires too much denial of reality, too many mutilated bodies, and too many competing wills.

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The Stream / July 8, 2021

Revisiting Harris Funeral Homes’ Compelling Government Interest Analysis after Fulton

Rachel N. Morrison

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After Fulton, the Sixth Circuit’s compelling interest analysis in Harris Funeral Homes cannot stand. Courts cannot credit the alleged compelling government interest of non-discrimination by ignoring the constitutional guarantee of free exercise.

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National Review Online / July 8, 2021

Stopping K-12 Indoctrination Is Right

Stanley Kurtz

Audience Raiding Hands

A July 5 New York Times Op-Ed by Kmele Foster, David French, Jason Stanley, and Thomas Chatterton Williams argues that it is “un-American”…

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National Review Online / July 7, 2021

The Bishops, Biden, and Communion

Ryan T. Anderson

Clarity on sacramental and moral theology can be viewed as politicization by politicians and the millions of Americans they represent only because two generations of Americans have been poorly catechized. The task for the bishops is to rebuild basic moral and sacramental coherence among the faithful.

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The Wall Street Journal / July 2, 2021

Our Indefensible, Unsustainable Status Quo

Stephen P. White

The status quo will not be improved simply by denying Joe Biden (or anyone else) access to the Eucharist. But bishops weighing the pastoral costs of taking a clear stance on Eucharistic coherence ought to weigh those costs against the cost of perpetuating the manifest failures of the last several decades.

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The Catholic Thing / July 1, 2021

Scholar Appearances

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VIDEO: Mary Hasson on Transgenderism and Gender Identity

Catholic Diocese of Arlington / June 23, 2021

AUDIO: Mary FioRito on Draft Eucharist Guidelines

Issues, Etc. podcast / June 21, 2021

QUOTED: Ryan T. Anderson and Mary FioRito on Bishops’ Draft Guidelines on Eucharist

The New York Times / June 20, 2021