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Arthur Brooks: What’s a Good Catholic to Do?
After President Trump blasted the pope as ‘weak’ and slashed aid to Catholic Charities, many Catholics feel pushed to pick a side. They shouldn’t.
Arthur Brooks
Two Drinks with . . . Luke Burgis, a Serious Catholic
The professor was one of 15 Christian leaders who Anthropic asked to advise them on making AI moral. He told me why he declined, and said ‘I honestly…
Madeleine Kearns
The Ancient Jewish Wisdom Behind a $5 Billion Company
Daniel Lubetzky of ‘Shark Tank’ talks about ‘Pirkei Avot.’
Shilo Brooks
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Allie Beth Stuckey: Trump’s Jesus Meme Was Dumb—Not Blasphemous
Critics rushed to call the AI meme depicting Trump as Jesus sacrilege. But the more likely explanation is simpler—and says more about online outrage…
Allie Beth Stuckey
The Weekend Press: A Lamb Too Cute to Kill
Plus: Guys, go to church! Americans, go to the moon! And: What’s the worst thing you could discover about your fiancée the week before your wedding? Or…
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Guys, Try Church
‘Am I a good Catholic? Probably not,’ writes Will Rahn. Yet here he is, making the case for going to church.
Will Rahn
Israel’s Palm Sunday Screwup
The Jewish state’s government scores an own goal—the latest in a series of unforced errors—at a time when it is losing support in the West.
Avi Mayer
The Weekend Press: Bad Therapy, Coming to a Screen Near You
Plus: Afroman is an American hero. Meet the former Disney kid running a multimillion-dollar space start-up. Suzy Weiss loves Ryan Gosling’s new film…
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Things Worth Remembering: If You Will It, It Is No Dream
It is said that in 1897, Theodor Herzl went to the First Zionist Congress with ‘Daniel Deronda’ under his arm—a novel capturing the idealistic roots of…
Howard Jacobson
The Over-Therapized Lives of Mormon Wives
Taylor Frankie Paul and the rest of #MomTok have never been more into therapy. They’ve also never been worse people.
Kara Kennedy
Candace Owens and the Catholic ‘Monster Mash’
The ‘Catholic Prayer for America Gala 2026’ sounds innocuous until you realize that its stars include antisemitic hucksters.
Mary Eberstadt
Life Goes On at My Synagogue, Including the Hate on Its Doorstep
Believers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, have been confronted by antisemitic protesters every Shabbat morning for the past 22 years.
Noah Bernstein
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