In Christopher Wolfe and Steven Brust, eds., Natural Law Today: The Present State of the Perennial Philosophy (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2018).
In Theresa Notare, ed., Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later: A Compendium (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2019).
For a symposium on “Aquinas on the Development of Law,” Aquinas Institute, held at the Blackfriars, Oxford University, Oxford, England, March, 2019. Published in Law and Justice, No. 183 (2019).
"Why don't you call me?" The young have never communicated with their elders as much as their elders have wished that they would. Lately, though, the generational schism has widened. Oldsters who don’t keep up with the electronic fads of the young are excommunicated with a shrug.
“I keep up with my friends through Facebook, Ma."
The political theorist Leo Strauss considered it a principle of modern social order that the lower foundation is stronger than the higher one: That the republic is better grounded on selfishness than on virtue. Actually the principle has been around for much longer than that. Be that as it may, we ought to consider whether it is true, for our own foundation is very low indeed.
No, the Church is not opposed to capital punishment under all circumstances. What it teaches is since today we have prisons, the instances in which capital punishment may be necessary are rare. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2267).
There have always been occasional demands for recount, but there has been a sea change. Ever since Bush vs. Gore, it has been routine Democratic practice to challenge the legitimacy of every electoral defeat (and after Trump it may become routine for Republicans too).