Thomas Aquinas

‘Just Statecraft’ Links Just War Theory to Grand Strategy

The new term ‘just statecraft’ is complementary to the broader Just War Theory framework by linking it to broader elements of national strategy

Republican Toryism in America

American conservatives would benefit from reading Ron Dart’s recent work, “The North American High Tory Tradition”

Pope Francis Contradicts Catholic Catechism on Just War

Pope Francis’s comments urging Ukrainian surrender are morally wrong and inconsistent with Catholic teaching

Gentleness in Christian Ethics

Gentleness is an underrated Christian virtue

A Liberalism Worth Saving: What’s Missing From the Debate Over Liberalism

Conservative liberals are increasingly missing from the debate over liberalism, even as liberalism faces some of its most serious challenges.

On the “Medieval Question” 

American conservatives have a paradoxical relationship with the Middle Ages – a relationship which today has reemerged as a fascinating cleavage on the American right.

A Christian Exhortation to American Citizens

Richard Mouw is an American, and he loves his country the most, according to his newly released How to be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor.

The Insufficiency of Subsidiarity

Many Conservatives and Roman Catholics have long supported the social doctrines of Subsidiarity. Yet its reactionary origin suggests it needs an entirely different view of man’s nature.

An Aquinas Americans Can Reason With

Thomism and liberalism are not hopeless enemies: a review of The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas