Articles tagged as The Catholic Thing
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“A Telling Moment, Foregone” – Prof. Hadley Arkes at The Catholic Thing
JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes discusses the Court’s recent denial of a writ of certiorari in Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm. In choosing to remain silent on this issue by not hearing the case, the Court fails to create any resistance to the ever encroaching ideology of gender identity. After the disastrous Bostock […] -
The Court Sets Off Tremors – Again: Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes comments on the Supreme Court decision to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case about a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Prof. Arkes speaks to the motivations behind the outrage from the pro-choice side […] -
“On the Moral Alchemy of the Political Party”: Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his column for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes reflects on the historical role of political parties in the U.S. and the state that they are in today. The parties of the present have lost their sense of morality and no longer know their place in our society, Arkes contends, noting […] -
“The Misadventures of a Pro-Life Senator”: Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Hadley Arkes details Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse’s recent efforts as lead sponsor to pass a bill that would protect babies who survive botched abortions. This is an updated version of the Born-Alive bill Arkes has shaped for nearly twenty years. While Sasse should be praised for his […] -
“Biden As an ‘Authoritative Type'”: Professor Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Hadley Arkes comments on the problems that President Biden’s Catholicism is creating for the faithful in America. Because Biden so adamantly supports social causes that directly oppose Catholic teaching, Arkes writes, he brings scandal to the Church and risks misleading its followers. This tension surfaced in the […] -
The Magical World of “Climate Change”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the Left’s obsession with climate change. Climate change gives the Left a “moral” code, a kind of pseudo-religion, without the reasoning that animates true religion. Regardless of the merits of the scientific arguments, proponents of climate change have developed a conviction […] -
“Awakening from the Biden Dream”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In this article, Prof. Arkes expresses his hope to “wake up” from the “dream” that Joe Biden may actually be elected President. He describes Biden as an empty vessel for the Democratic party, as well as a gift to the party that keeps on giving, as he pursued the policies that laid the groundwork for […] -
“The ‘Settled’ Agony of the Hearings”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In this piece, JWI Founder and Director, Prof. Hadley Arkes addresses the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett. He points out that there were not always hearing for Supreme Court nominees in the past and elaborates that the hearings became far more frequent and contentious once the Supreme Court placed abortion laws […] -
“President Trump and His Executive Order”: Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In this article, Prof. Hadley Arkes comments on President Trump’s recent announcement that he would enact a new Executive Order to enforce the Born-Alive Infants’ Protection Act, which had previously had its penalties stripped from it. Arkes was initially disappointed by the announcement, for Mr. Trump failed to make a connection between the Born-Alive and […] -
“The Mysteries of the Born-Alive Acts” : Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
In his column for the Catholic Thing, Professor Arkes discusses the bill named the “Born-Alive Infants Protection Act,” which argues that even an unborn baby marked for abortion has the right to be protected. He raises in this piece the matter of Bret Baier and the remarkable reluctance of Catholic figures in the media to […]