Suppose Torture “Works . . .”

John Schwenkler argues that torture is anti-Christian whether it works or not. Read the essay at First Things. It is a central principle of the Christian ethic that one must not do evil that good may come. That ethic does not require us to ignore the consequences of...

Civilization Gained and Lost

Bruce Frohnen suggests that it took Christianity to civilize humanity. What follows is that the loss of Christianity will result in the loss of civilization. The Culture of Death has been with us for quite some time. It has been fostered by the belief that a...