A High-End Religious Journal Gives Up on Freedom

That moral vision grounded thinkers like First Things founder Richard John Neuhaus and its guiding spirit Michael Novak. Many writers and scholars at the Acton Institute and elsewhere carry on this tradition. But it's waning at Fr. Neuhaus' old magazine. In its place we're seeing pleas for cranky paternalism, religious tribalism, and hints of a baptized, morally upright Christian socialism.