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thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/06/98250/ It is a noble and reasonable aspiration to get students (and professors!) to come to the recognition that their own views need more defense, and to begin to see what such defense would look like.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98373/ Widespread political dogmatism seems to suggest that there is insufficient will among the people to effectively motivate transformative self-education, whether at the individual level or through private systems.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98429/ AI may be able to grade an essay with precision and quickly dispense a literature review on Aristotelian metaphysics, but it cannot model or form truth-seeking virtue. This is what can and should distinguish the university during this AI era.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98386/ It's hard to imagine any irreparable harm today worse than the execution of someone who claims innocence with post-conviction evidence, and yet Justice Scalia’s response then should echo today: he’s entitled only to what the law allows.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/06/98257/ Can the confessional seal ever be violated?

Thanks to Word on Fire for hosting R. J. Snell's new essay on the meaning of hope in the face of the floods in Texas. wordonfire.org/articles/hope-…

So, it turned out that Public Discourse's own Mark Regnerus was correct in his study on family structure. Maybe now Wikipedia will finally allow updates to their page about WitherspoonInstitute??? Asking for a friend. thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98359/

If you enjoy PD, you might consider reading The Critic (a favorite of some of us). A recent essay of theirs, by Kit Wilson, is worth a read, especially on the confusions of thinking AI is intelligent in a meaningful way. thecritic.co.uk/why-we-have-no…

Probably misquoting, but Chesterton's line about original sin being the only empirically verified Christian idea is itself verified daily by The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We Can’t Fix the Deficit by Taking Medicine from the Poorest of the Poor thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98438/

Kudos to J.K. Rowling and Riley Gaines , but we've been at this debate since the "aughts". thepublicdiscourse.com/?s=transgender

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98395/ The English have lost their ancient grit, and with it, their decency.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/06/98264/ People everywhere should be concerned when death is considered the best option to express compassion and autonomy.

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98458/ Contributing editor Devorah Goldman sits down with Daniel Kane to discuss his Public Discourse essay “Reflections on Israel’s Exceptional Fertility.”

The Legacy of Obergefell, Ten Years Later thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/06/98289/

thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98404/ The striking impression conveyed in these and Pope Leo’s other exhortations is that of a renewed Christological concentration that is well summed up in his episcopal motto: in Illo Uno Unum, or “in the One Christ we are one.”

Very much enjoyed talking to my good friend Daniel Kane about raising kids in Israel for Public Discourse: thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98458/

This insightful interview between Devorah Goldman and Daniel Kane captures the multitude of factors that make Israel #profamily and #pronatalist. thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98458/

Yes: at Public Discourse we believe every human life, from conception until natural death, has intrinsic dignity and is worthy of respect.

The Bookshelf: Don’t Immanentize the Eschaton! thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98468/