Here is a collection of Anne’s commentaries. Her work has appeared in National Review Online, World Magazine, Crisis, Boundless, Family Security Matters, and other publications.
Commentary - The Latest From Anne Morse
Happy Birthday Jane Austen
Posted on 12/16/2025
I am chatting with Caroline in Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia, where she is scheduled to speak in a few hours and sign copies of her book, Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage. Over the next hour, I learn surprising facts about Jane Austen and her family . . .
Commentary - The Stream
The Stream: This Grandparents’ Day, Resolve to Leave a Spiritual Legacy
Posted on 9/7/2025
Like me, these grandparents may not have given much thought to the important spiritual role God intends them to play in their grandchildren’s lives.
The Stream: Here Come the Janeites
Posted on 9/4/2025
While Janeites worldwide enjoy Austen’s books, many are unfamiliar with the fact that she was a devout Christian whose faith deeply influenced her novels.
The Stream: Dabbling in Darkness: Gen Z and the Occult
Posted on 7/25/2025
Those who engage in witchcraft — and those who seek them out — are playing a dangerous game . . .
The Stream: “A Pure Miracle”: D-Day Prayers
Posted on 6/5/2025
The broadcast of Roosevelt’s prayer took place at 10 p.m. Eastern time. By then, many Americans, including my grandparents, had nearly exhausted themselves in prayer. My mother’s teenage brother—her parents’ only son–was a Marine fighting the Japanese; her sister’s husband, who’d survived . . .
The Stream: The Struggle to Forgive
Posted on 1/29/2025
Those who were able to forgive their former enemies were able also to return to the outside world and rebuild their lives, no matter what the physical scars. Those who nursed their bitterness remained invalids. It was as simple and as horrible as that . . .
The Stream: Fighting the Furious Forces
Posted on 1/22/2025
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Roe v. Wade decision, which forced legalized abortion on all 50 states. Two and a half years ago, a more ethical Supreme Court overturned Roe, which . . .
The Stream: The Faith of Charles Dickens
Posted on 12/24/2024
On Christmas Eve in 1849, a young father sat in his children’s nursery, high above the streets of London, reading aloud to his offspring about the life of Jesus Christ . . .
The Stream: Teaching Goodness: Can a Victorian Novelist Influence Today’s Teens?
Posted on 12/16/2024
Every year, just before Christmas, I pull out my old copy of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and reread the first line, in which Jo March grumbles, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.”
The Stream: Why I’m Voting for Donald Trump
Posted on 10/7/2024
Over the last few decades, China has been killing Americans by the millions without firing a single shot. And the political leaders who should be protecting us . . .
The Stream: Turning a Blind Eye: Our War with China
Posted on 3/25/2023
Over the last few decades, China has been killing Americans by the millions without firing a single shot. And the political leaders who should be protecting us . . .
More from Anne
Why Statues Should Stay
Posted on 7/28/2021
Those who want to keep controversial statues say they are meant to teach us about historical events. Their opponents reject this argument on the grounds that Americans can learn about history through books and schools and museums. But can we?
Forced to Celebrate Gay Pride?
Posted on 7/19/2021
Last month we were endlessly exposed to signs, television ads, and other reminders that June was Gay Pride Month. Signs were posted on store fronts ranging from Starbucks to Nordstrom. I couldn’t help wondering . . .
Commentary - BreakPoint
BreakPoint: Help in the Midst of the Pornography Plague
Posted on 7/13/2021
Today’s parents are the first in history to bring up children in such a digitally connected, pornography-saturated world.. . .
BreakPoint: Ding, Ding! Jesus is Born!
Posted on 12/9/2020
The nativity scene features all the usual characters: Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the shepherds, and the Wise Men. But there’s something a little different; about them. . .
BreakPoint: Dorothy and Jack: A Book Review
Posted on 9/10/2020
Can men and women be friends—close friends? Two of my favorite people, C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers, would have offered a robust “yes.”
BreakPoint: Fighting the Forces of Darkness
Posted on 7/22/2020
The Supreme Court recently shot down Louisiana’s law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital—a law intended to protect women’s lives, given that so many of the worst doctors go into the abortion business. . .
BreakPoint: The Poetry of Bondage
Posted on 2/27/2020
The Washington Post notes that only about six percent of Americans peruse poems anymore. That’s a pity, because poetry has helped change minds on great social issues. . .
BreakPoint: Abortion Survivors Share Their Stories
Posted on 1/31/2020
“Forty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court handed down the decision meant to be my death sentence,” said Melissa Ohden, founder of the Abortion Survivors Network. In the 1970s, her mother underwent a saline abortion. . .
BreakPoint: The Face of the Future of the Prolife Movement
Posted on 1/30/2020
The abortion lobby likely thought we would eventually give up and go home. It must be so frustrating for them to see these massive marches—an estimated 300,000 strong this year—nearly five decades after . . .
BreakPoint: Little Women’s Small Faith: A Review
Posted on 1/30/2020
The creators of the more recent film adaptations of Little Women tend to “modernize” the story, shoving feminist themes into them and focusing on how few options there were for women in Alcott’s time. But Little Women is already, in a sense, a feminist novel . . .
BreakPoint: O Antiphons: Day Five, O Radiant Dawn
Posted on 12/21/2019
How often in Scripture do we witness the contrast between light and darkness? What is its meaning? In Genesis, in His first command, God created light, declared that it was good, and separated the light from . . .
BreakPoint: The Prayers of Prisoners
Posted on 11/27/2019
While society tends to see prisoners as nameless, faceless criminals, God does not, and we should not. They are human beings with families, gifts, and the need to know they have not been forgotten.
BreakPoint: The Christianity of Jane Austen’s Novels
Posted on 10/16/2019
If you think a “Christian” novel has to include long witnessing scenes and all the characters accepting Christ by book’s end . . .
BreakPoint: Butchered Bibles
Posted on 4/26/2019
Visiting The Bible Museum for the first time a few weeks ago, my eye was caught by a special exhibit: “The Slave Bible: Let the Story Be Told.” I approached to take a closer look—and was both horrified and disgusted . . .
BreakPoint: Brief Encounter
Posted on 3/26/2019
Alec and Laura are ordinary, middle-aged, people living quiet, middle-class lives. Brief Encounter offers a warning that even ordinary, happily-married people can unexpectedly fall in love with someone else. The question is . . .
BreakPoint: “Out of Egypt I Have Called My Son”
Posted on 2/26/2019
We pick our way along a narrow dirt road, surrounded by derelict buildings filled with garbage, flies, feral dogs, people on cell phones–and the worst stench I have ever encountered . . .
BreakPoint: Turn in Your Hymnals to Number 287…”
Posted on 1/25/2018
I recently ran across a blog post that noted how much we inadvertently lost when we traded hymnals for newly-composed music projected onto a screen . . .
BreakPoint: The Fine Art of Cozy
Posted on 2/15/2017
I recently ran across a blog post that noted how much we inadvertently lost when we traded hymnals for newly-composed music projected onto a screen . . .
BreakPoint: The Totalitarians Are Back: ‘Defeating Jihad’
Posted on 8/29/2016
While the global jihadist movement may not yet have tank divisions or thousands of nuclear weapons it has something much more important . . .
BreakPoint: An Inexpressible and Glorious Joy
Posted on 6/29/2016
When I see the dates on my calendar that mark the birthdays of loved ones, I feel an ache—just as I do when I unexpectedly come across a small possession that reminds me of someone whose loss I now grieve . . .
BreakPoint: Meeting a Need in the Nation’s Capital: A Q&A with Kimberly Genau
Posted on 4/25/2016
I was hired by an evangelical leader in 1998, essentially as a missionary to Capitol Hill. I saw firsthand . . .
Commentary - The Christian Post
The Christian Post: The Gospel Message in It’s a Wonderful Life
Posted on 12/5/2016
Clearly, plenty of other people from around the world are just as fond of this film as I am; Why else would thousands of them visit “Bedford Falls” every winter? But I wonder if they’re fully aware of exactly why they love it . . .
Commentary - World Magazine
World Magazine: View from the Axis
Updated 11/02/2018
Dr. Vollertsen encountered starving children who were nevertheless forced to engage in daily, two-hour songfests idolizing the “Dear Leader.” He saw gangs of undernourished children working on a 10-lane highway project. . . .
Commentary - Beliefnet.com
Beliefnet.com: The Potter Parody That Got Out of Hand
Posted November, 2001
“Dear Ms. Morse,” the e-mail began, “You are the handmaiden of Satan, a succubus from the pit of Hell” . . .
Commentary - Christianity.com
Christianity.com: Abortion Doulas: Turning Language on its Head
Updated on November 2, 2018
Abortion activists like to use the same words we pro-lifers use, but they’re using an entirely different dictionary. Case in point: the word “doula” . . .
Christianity.com: Anne of Rainbow Gables? The LGBT Agenda and a Children’s Classic
Updated on August 7, 2018
When a classic children’s book gets turned into a TV series, it’s usually a cause for celebration. Usually . . .
Christianity.com: The Power of Names: The Saga of Boaty McBoatface
Updated on Apr. 21, 2017
The British government asked the public for help in naming a new ship. The name the people chose really rocked the boat . . .
Commentary - The Christian Post
National Review: The Surprising Gimme Shelter
Posted on 1/25/2014
Gimme Shelter, a film with a powerful pro-life message that opened in theaters around the country, almost didn’t make it to the screen; certain forces in Hollywood thought it might be a bit too influential. . .
Commentary - National Review
National Review: Family Film Mirror, Mirror
Posted on 3/30/2012
It’s about a narcissistic, overly Botoxed, party-loving, power-mad queen who bankrupts the kingdom with massive tax increases, versus a brave and beautiful princess who thinks her subjects should be able to keep more of their own money and who doesn’t sleep with her hot prince until after the wedding. In other words, a classic tale of good and evil. . .
National Review: Not My Mother’s Christian Film
Posted on 10/7/2011
I couldn’t help thinking that my Baptist mother would never have allowed me to see this R-rated film, because it contained all the things she abhorred: Lots of profanity, graphic violence, and sexual situations. . .
National Review: Can This (Royal) Marriage Be Saved?
Posted on 4/27/2011
I asked several marriage experts how rosy they thought William and Kate’s future would be, based on such factors as their age, religious beliefs, family . . .
National Review: Coming to a Truck Stop Near You
Posted on 1/15/2008
There’s no need to fly overseas on sex tourism junkets anymore: Girls and boys as young as 12 are available right here in the USA — the more modest estimates running at around . . .
National Review: The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of the Feet
Posted on 11/9/2007
Three hours later, we have hit The Wall — the point at which one finds it nearly impossible to keep going (typically at about mile 20), and must push on . . .
National Review: The Jews Knew?
Posted on 9/11/2007
It’s deeply frustrating that sometimes, no matter how great the evidence to the contrary, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, rumors, and myths just won’t go away. Take, for instance, two of the earliest and most insidious rumors to begin circulating about the September 11 terror attacks . . .
National Review: Telling the Rape Victim’s Story
Posted on 5/17/2007
When Ezell discovered she was pregnant, she considered going to Mexico for an abortion, but in the end, gave birth to a little girl and placed her for adoption. Twenty years later . . .
National Review: A Brutal Musical
Posted on 5/17/2007
There are pleasanter ways to spend an evening than watching people be kicked, whipped, and shot to death. Nevertheless, some 1,300 people paid $80 a ticket to watch on-stage depictions of . . .
National Review: Little Boy Lost
Posted on 7/31/2006
Adam’s death was the beginning of an ugly era — the era of milk-carton kids, Amber alerts, Code Adams, Megan’s Law, and girls kidnapped out of their bedrooms at night. Parents began routinely fingerprinting and photographing . . .
National Review: Anywhere But Yale
Posted on 3/16/2006
We’re all for diversity, but the idea of our son studying alongside, and perhaps rooming with, someone whose job it was to put a smiley face on a regime that beheaded women and offered hospitality to . . .
National Review: Generations of Valor
Posted on 11/11/2005
They spin stories to make as many explicit or implicit connections to Vietnam as possible. Obviously, to a real student of history, the Vietnam and Iraq wars have very little if anything in common. But the journalists are there to . . .
National Review: Could it Happen Again?
Posted on 10/26/2005
At the back of the plane, two more men stood next to the bathroom, blocking the aisle. They ignored repeated orders from a flight attendant to sit down. “The last man came out of the bathroom, and . . .
National Review: New Orleans Nostalgia
Posted on 9/13/2005
In the mornings, we visited the French Quarter, where we ordered beignets–hot, square, deep-fried doughnuts doused in powdered sugar and served up to us children with hot chocolate. One evening, after a day of sightseeing, we went to . . .
National Review: Desperate & Incarcerated
Posted on 9/8/2005
“Warden Burl Cain is taking in about 2,000 to 3,000 more inmates than he normally does, but they’re not giving him any extra supplies–pillows, blankets, soap, dry socks, or food,” Payne says. They’re not available because the Hurricane . . .
National Review: Petty Penny Persecution
Posted on 8/29/2005
Outraged smut merchants and their supporters find Nance’s views positively indecent. “Is the FCC headquartered in f***ing Peyton Place?” spluttered one angry blogger. Another accused Nance of wanting “to make her interpretation of . . .
National Review: Son of Liberty
Posted on 8/18/2005
Allison Corrigan, a family friend, said that Casey, who had reenlisted after the start of hostilities in Iraq, “definitely is one of those people who lived his life through a higher calling. He knew there was something big he was supposed to . . .
National Review: Meeting “Leftovers”
Posted on 5/25/2005
All 21 of these kids had once been “leftover embryos”–tiny humans who remained stored in liquid nitrogen tanks when their genetic parents had borne all the children they wanted via in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Some of their siblings remain in . . .
National Review: Unfit & Unwelcome
Posted on 10/31/2004
The Military Times 2004 Election Survey, e-mailed to more than 31,000 subscribers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves, invited them to share their opinions on . . .
National Review: The First Rathergate
Posted on 10/31/2004
On June 2, 1988, CBS aired an hour-long special titled CBS Reports: The Wall Within, which CBS trumpeted as the “rebirth of the TV documentary.” It purported to tell the true story of Vietnam through the eyes of six of the men . . .
National Review: Gallantry & Valor
Posted on 9/10/2004
Since September 11, 2001, there have been no attacks on American soil. This can be attributed to many factors, but much credit must be given to one salient fact: Our fighting men have enticed terrorists away from our cities and . . .
National Review: Zipper Fi
Posted on 1/5/2004
Long years of marriage have made my spouse an expert at zipping his wife into her clothes. But this zipper wouldn’t budge. My husband grabbed the sides of my dress, held them together, and with his free hand, yanked hard on the tiny . . .
National Review: Christmas in Romania
Posted on 12/23/2003
Americans were horrified by the terrible pictures on television of Romanian orphans tied to iron cribs, ignored except at feeding time, literally starving for love. In 1989, the orphans–some 300,000 strong–were the offspring of . . .
Commentary - Crisis Magazine
Crisis Magazine: Society at Sea – A Reflection on Civility
Posted on 11/1/2005
On the boat from which we parasail, two young women are naked except for thong-style bikini bottoms. They are flirting with a male crew member, whose eyes go out on stalks when the women lean over the railing to observe . . .
Crisis Magazine: Meeting Peggy Noonan
Posted on 9/1/2004
With her first book, What I Saw at the Revolution, “I wanted to write a book that captured what it was like to work in the White House. That small, simple thing had never been done before. Beyond that, I wanted to capture what it was like to work in the White House for an authentically great man during a . . .”
Crisis Magazine: Conservative Heavyweight – The Remarkable Mind of Prefessor Robert P. George
Posted on 9/1/2003
During regular duels with secular opponents, he delights in sending philosophical wrecking balls through flimsy claims that secularist ideology—feminism, multiculturalism, libertinism—is the only “reasonable” position and . . .
Commentary - Touchstone
Touchstone: Complicated Consciences – Women & Morals in Pre-Code Films
Posted on March 2004
Here was sex without victimhood, sophistication without chastity. Here was a bold, modern woman with no apologies,” wrote the film critic Mick LaSalle of Norma Shearer’s role in the 1930 film . . .
Commentary - Boundless
Boundless: When I Grow Up, I Want to Be
Posted on 10/4/1999
A materialistic culture and ambitious parents can get in the way of discerning what God wants us to do with our gifts — or even what those gifts are. The result: Students often end up at college with no clear idea of what they want to do — or even whether they should be there at all . . .
Boundless: The Best Sex
Posted on 12/3/2000
So you’ve saved yourself for marriage, only to find your fiancée isn’t a virgin. Is her “experience” an asset or asking for trouble?
Boundless: A Major Decision
Posted on 4/10/2001
Belsky found that kids who spent more than 30 weeks in non-mommy care were more likely to exhibit aggressive, defiant and disobedient behavior than kids reared by their mothers. Belsky used words like “cruel” and “mean” to describe these kids.
That’s nothing compared to the words feminists applied to Belsky. . .
Boundless: A Dramatic Calling
Posted on 3/23/2000
For too long, Christians have shunned the arts; particularly drama. It’s time we re-evaluate our perspective, says Professor Camille Hallstrom in this interview with Boundless.
Boundless: The Dangers of Cash-Based Courtship
Posted on 2/9/2000
As Trent pulled his car into Carrie’s driveway, he asked Carrie for a goodnight kiss. Carrie didn’t really want go lip-to-lip with Trent (he was a little on the geeky side) but her first thought was, “He spent all that money on me!”
Boundless: What do Women Want?
Posted on 5/13/1999
Many women listened to the feminists and acted on their advice. They flooded college campuses, then landed the kinds of jobs their grandmothers could not have even imagined women doing: Running companies, blasting into space, becoming Marines and jockeys and nuclear physicists, but . . .
Boundless: Babies and Boardroom: You Can Have it All
Posted on 11/5/1998
I am a telecommuter — one of an estimated 40 million Americans who use modems, fax machines and telephone lines to reach out and touch their employers from home. It’s the perfect way to combine parenthood and . . .
Boundless: How Children Change Feminists
Posted on 9/14/2003
“Motherhood,” Krasnow recently told Washingtonian magazine, “is about deciding not to fight that ancient and biological yank on the womb, that natural order of your soul that says you should be there.” And she added somewhat defensively — after all, she was being interviewed by a fellow feminist — “If we don’t want to work 80 hours a week in some office and get our family life eaten up, why should we feel as though we’re selling out feminism?