Why the Left Is So Seductive - Crisis Magazine

Why the Left Is So Seductive - Crisis Magazine: Much has been written in recent decades, and with good reason, about the institutions that shape culture (academia, the mainstream media, the entertainment industry), their liberal bias, and how they can be effective evangelists for the Left. However, this essay will explore forces within the human person—formidable but not irresistible—that go back to the Garden …

Company Hates Misery - Crisis Magazine

Company Hates Misery - Crisis Magazine: In a recent episode of the podcast Freakonomics, Dr. Atul Gawande contrasted the adoption rate in the 1800s of two new technologies: anesthesia and antisepsis. An anesthetic gas, which could be used in surgery, was discovered and first used in Boston, and “…within two months of publishing the result that a gas could render people …

What We Know About Evil, Hell, and Final Damnation - Crisis Magazine

What We Know About Evil, Hell, and Final Damnation - Crisis Magazine: “Hell is the place God created for the angels who rebelled against him. We say ‘place,’ but since angels are spirits the word ‘place’ is metaphorical. Hell is a condition but also a society of those who are separated from God. Having rejected God and having lost his angelic privileges to God’s company, the devil …

Australia: Cardinal Pell to face trial | ICN

Australia: Cardinal Pell to face trial | ICN: On Tuesday morning, Magistrate Belinda Wallington announced that Cardinal George Pell will stand trial on charges of historical sexual assault.

The Great Lie: Pope Benedict XVI On Socialism - Crisis Magazine

The Great Lie: Pope Benedict XVI On Socialism - Crisis Magazine: One doesn’t usually expect a thorough-going reconstruction of the history of socialism in the late 19th century from the pope, but Benedict XVI delivered to us a wonderful–and oh-so-needed–reminder of what socialism was (and is), and why it went wrong. One can’t but marvel at his intellectual power: He has discerned the essential problem that …

Pronouns, Prefixes, and the Cult of the Self - Crisis Magazine

Pronouns, Prefixes, and the Cult of the Self - Crisis Magazine: This will sound like a humorous question, but it is one I have turned over in my mind for months now, and one that cultural conservatives and practicing Christians will eventually have to confront: how much should we care about pronouns? Put differently, should we care that one individual wants to be called “they”? Or …

Same-Sex Parenting: The Child Maltreatment No One Mentions - Crisis Magazine

Same-Sex Parenting: The Child Maltreatment No One Mentions - Crisis Magazine: Recently, Utah found it necessary to put a law into effect that allows “free-range parenting.” That is, parents are free to make the judgment that their children are, say, free to walk to the local park by themselves or to bike a couple of blocks away from home without child protective services showing up at …