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  • The War on Truth, in the Name of Empathy
    Feb 4 2026
    Hillary Clinton has written an op-ed for The Atlantic that is permeated with moral indignation. She decries “MAGA’s War on Empathy” and then engages in a one-woman war on Truth.
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    7 min
  • Snowfall and the Lie of Modern Man
    Jan 28 2026
    A snowstorm has a way of reminding us how small we are. For all our technology, we wait and hope just as our forebears did.
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    3 min
  • Outrage Is Not a Moral Vision: Lauren Southern’s Regret
    Jan 21 2026
    Lauren Southern’s memoir shows how the populist right devolved, destroying its main actors and leaving audiences lost. We can’t build a civilization on outrage. https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/outrage-is-not-a-moral-vision-lauren
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    5 min
  • There’s No God in Chess
    Jan 15 2026
    We exhaust ourselves trying to plan futures we were never given grace to survive. There’s no God in chess, but there is in real life. https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/theres-no-god-in-chess
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    4 min
  • When a Diocese Undermines Its Own Vocations
    Jan 7 2026
    A diocese’s seminarians reflect its spiritual ecology. So why dismantle what was working? The Diocese of Charlotte is delaying ordinations and stripping seminarians of their cassocks, while forcing them into a year of lay work mid-formation. Read the article: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/when-a-diocese-undermines-its-own-vocations
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    6 min
  • Unworthy of justice: When ideology determines victims
    Jan 4 2026
    There is a growing ideological trend that seeks to deprive those broadly considered to being “on the right” of any and all rights, through dehumanization and the systematic exclusion from key institutions. I lived this reality in a small way when I was made a victim of a minor crime in an American city. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/01/04/unworthy-of-justice-how-ideology-determines-victims/
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    7 min
  • The Claim Christianity Makes at Christmas
    Dec 24 2025
    Christianity has never been a faith of mere sentiment. From the first century onward, it has made a claim on the whole person, and it comes into sharp focus at Christmas. Read the article: https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/the-claim-christianity-makes-at-christmas
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    3 min
  • Five Books That Can Change Your Soul
    Dec 16 2025
    Five books stood out this year. In an age of excess, noise, and content masquerading as wisdom, these were rare companions: books that changed the way I think, pray, judge, and remember. From Boethius on suffering and providence, to C.S. Lewis’ medieval imagination, to ecclesial indifference, and the loss of ritual, these are books worth keeping and rereading. Read this article instead: https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/five-books-that-can-change-your-soul
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    7 min