The Purposeful Polis

Good government, right reason, and the light of faith.

Timothy Kirchoff

Millennials and Same-Sex Marriage

If we have been liberated of certain prejudices of our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, we have also lost whatever sense they may have had that marriage is a unique and integral part of the foundation and fabric of society.

Michael Bradley

From Excellent Sheep To Excellent Sheep

Perhaps being an excellent sheep isn’t such a bad thing. Our vocation as Christians consists fully in responding humbly to the call of our Good Shepherd.

Michael Bradley

Distinct Unions, Distinct Goods: A Response To Michael Hannon

One needn’t denigrate the good of marriage in order to celebrate the good of celibate friendship.

Timothy Kirchoff

The American Crisis of Conscience

A few weeks after Democratic leaders argued that corporations should value profit above all, they renewed their push for companies to show ‘economic patriotism.’

Elisabeth Cervantes

Academic Freedom, Self-Government, and the Common Good

A good education contributes to human flourishing. It cultivates individual happiness, and in turn augments the common good composed of those individuals.

Michael Bradley

Recalling the Call to Love

Personal vocation is a rich and robust personal reality that exceeds, while encompassing, one’s “state-in-life” and profession.

Timothy Kirchoff

Political Reconciliation and the Defense of Marriage

Six points that show how restorative justice might offer a path forward in the marriage debate.

Elisabeth Cervantes

On Hobby Lobby, I Don’t Stand With the Feminists

Hobby Lobby isn’t dictating whether or not I can spend my compensation on birth control. The Court simply says that they don’t think employers should have to pay for it. And speaking as a woman, that’s fine with me.