The Technological Society Can’t Save Itself
By L.M. Sacasas. Drawing on the writings of Jacques Ellul, we can see that small adjustments to our practices will not be enough to alter our society’s relationship to technology.
Recovery of Roots
By Tessa Carman. Simone Weil recognized “the need for roots”; Czeslaw Milosz named our age as one of homelessness. Both remind us that our work is always rooted in who we are.
“Exist, You Bastards–For Now!”
Andrei Platonov’s experimental apocalyptic novel about the collectivization of the Soviet countryside should remind readers of today of what can happen when social reform, no matter how needed, takes precedence over people.
The New Privacy
Constant surveillance by an impersonal power preserves a modern society more autonomous and secretive than any that came before.
After Liberalism
A minute's reflection reveals a wild and diverse array of forces that influence our lives, none of which are reducible simply to parliamentary procedure.
The Walker Percy Option
Walker Percy sees the modern condition as a common disaster for believer and unbeliever alike.
Raising a Molecular Family in an Atomic Age
Parenting in 2017 seems impossibly overwhelming—but the ideal liberal citizen modern parenting strives to produce shouldn’t be the goal of Christian parents. Instead, we should look to the best practices of both past and present to help our children resist atomization and pursue true flourishing.
This is What We Do
A group of orthodox Catholics in a small suburb along D.C.’s northeast border are rediscovering the joys of a life of fidelity in a small place built around their local parish.
