Christopher Levenick is a writer and scholar focused on philanthropy, conservatism, and American political history. He contributed essays and book reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2007, covering topics ranging from conservative intellectual tradition to religious and historical subjects. He is known for his work at the Philanthropy Roundtable and his writings on charitable giving in American life.
ON EASTER SUNDAY, with the exhausting round of Holy Week liturgies completed, Pope Benedict XVI offered the customary papal address, Urbi et orbi, to the city and to the world. The atmosphere was festive--tulips and apple blossoms adorned the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica--but reports of…
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GARRY WILLS, the twinkling intellect of a twilight liberalism, has once again taken to the op-ed pages of the New York Times. His tone has softened a bit since his last apearance; two days after the 2004 presidential election, he summoned a righteous indignation and railed against America's…
IT IS BY NOW a commonplace that the state of Europe hovers between dire and grave. Sclerotic economies, plummeting birthrates, and moribund militaries all appear symptomatic of imminent collapse. Exacerbating its condition is the widespread decline of the continent's ancestral faith. Europe, it…
NOW THAT JOHN ROBERTS has been confirmed as chief justice of the Supreme Court, time alone will tell whether President Bush has made good on his promise to appoint judges in the mold of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. After all, it is a curious but undeniable fact that Republican presidents,…
MUCH OF THE SPECULATION surrounding John Roberts concerns the authenticity of his conservative convictions, and much of that uncertainty centers on his views of abortion. His opposition to Roe has so far only been demonstrated by a lonely footnote in a single legal brief--a fact that he moreover…
WHAT CAN WE LEARN of Benedict from his first appearance? Much can be gleaned from a first impression, and the eyes of the world are always upon the newly appointed bishop of Rome when he takes his first steps out onto the loggia to address the crowds, urbi et orbi. Benedict's predecessor instantly…
"AMEN." With that single word, that simple affirmation of the faith, Karol Wojtyla closed his eyes to the things of this world. It is the hope of every Catholic that in that very same moment his soul at last beheld the vision of eternal life.