Michael Brendan Dougherty

What I want for my children are the things boredom brings out of people.

Moral values without moral commitments.

The problems behind the nation’s low fertility are familiar.

Against the cult of doomerism.

The church’s current teaching on the subject is strangely silent about what criminals deserve for their crimes.

Despite the seemingly good news in the data, the economy still feels frozen to individuals who depend on wages. That is, most of us.

The Cold War coalition is coming apart.

We are preparing to learn again that a constitutional republic and democracy cannot achieve satisfying ends in war without the consent of its true sovereign.

Without a regular menu of legislation, individual lawmakers have fewer opportunities to distinguish themselves.

What it was like to really hear the voice of that club.

The duty not to ever become burdensome to others does not actually exist.

I see several problems with the AI-doomer prophecies.

A recent Maine ruling against a mother who tried to take her daughter to church underscores a deeper societal problem.

Nagging doubts from an early adopter.

On introducing my kids to my father’s favorite sport.

Wasn’t this supposed to be a president elected to change our relationship with China?

These qualities play a role in policymaking even when limiting principles are not clear.

The movement never grew by denunciation.

I’m glad he will be exposed on his real views about masks, the wet-market theory, and everything else he lied about.

Trump’s ambitions are being checked by the American voter.

Two ways to escape our self-built panopticon.

A 20th-century system has led to perversities in the 21st.

What critics get wrong about Cormac McCarthy’s classic novel and its film adaptation.

Washington’s lack of interest has, paradoxically, helped Kyiv in some ways.

We are awash in guilt about our failure to optimize.

But how long will major league sports retain their influence on mass culture?

Nobody prepared me for the vicarious joys of youth sports when the youth in question are our sons.

The regime proved more resilient and resourceful than anticipated, and the Trump administration is dealing with the consequences.

The greatest tragedy of Irish history is almost never addressed in the Irish arts. Two films from the past decade are an exception.

Coalition-building in the next round could be difficult.