A group of more than 100 Nobel Laureates have publicly declared Greenpeace’s anti-GMO campaign a crime against humanity. These men and women say the science is clear – the world needs GMOs
Given many Americans’ apparent enthusiasm for socialism today, it’s hard not to conclude that we live in an age in which millions know little about history or aren’t inclined to learn from
We Orthodox who are especially nerdy followed the remnants of what was planned as a “Great and Holy,” “Pan-Orthodox” council of the Orthodox Churches, which concluded Sunday in Crete. The
In a June 2016 First Things article, " Mammon Ascendant: Why global capitalism is inimical to Christianity," the Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart rearticulates a theme he previously
When I first read the description of Fr. Alexander Torik’s novel Flavian, I was skeptical. Recently translated from Russian, it is the story of “an unexpected turning point in the life of
When some Americans describe themselves as “socialists,” not all of them have in mind the command economies that laid waste to the former USSR and Eastern Europe, or even the disaster
With an unabashed demagogue as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, it is easy to overlook the problems of the one person who has mounted a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton
Any occasion to herald the sheer awesomeness of Wendell Berry as one of the preeminent poets and novelists of the past half-century should be seized. This is why I write glowingly of Berry
Whatever the results of the 2016 presidential election, the process has raised hard questions about conservatism’s future in America. Whether it is social conservatism, fiscal conservatism
The latest superhero blockbuster Captain America: Civil War opened to a huge box office, as well as to critical acclaim, last weekend. The basic dynamic of the film focuses on conflict
Given that he was a member of the famously ascetic Franciscan order with his own reputation for detachment from worldly things, Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) was remarkably insightful
The real hero of the recently released Batman v. Superman film is an often overshadowed character, Bruce Wayne. Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and the hero