The Story of the Family: G.K. Chesterton on the Only State that Creates and Loves Its Own Citizens edited by Dale Ahlquist (Ignatius, $17.95, 237 pages) Paul Tuns Review Despite writing a century ago about the maladies afflicting the family and thus the whole of society, G.K. Chesterton still seems relevant, an insightful critic of the intellectual, economic, and cultural challenges that [...]
Lewis is the only pro-life candidate among six vying for Tory leadership Paul Tuns: Of the six contenders for the Conservative leadership, only one, MP Leslyn Lewis, has been rated pro-life by Campaign Life Coalition. CLC was hoping that former Ontario MPP Roman Baber would be a viable down-ballot candidate for pro-lifers because he has vowed to allow MPs to vote their [...]
The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun: by Noah Rothman (Broadside Books, $36, 300 pages) Paul Tuns Review Noah Rothman, an associate editor at the Jewish monthly magazine Commentary and author of Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America, has turned his eye to the modern left’s puritanical moralizing and asceticism in a fun jaunt [...]
Oswald Clark: Both sides claim the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for their side. The main text of the Amendment, which is known as the “Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses,” states: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of [...]
Decision returns abortion to be decided by elected representatives Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: On June 24, in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a Mississippi law that banned abortion after 15 weeks, with the majority opinion, joined by five justices, holding that abortion is not a constitutionally protected right [...]