Bethel has a doctorate in math and is a widely published freelance writer. Her work has appeared in First Things, National Review, The Spectator, and many other national and international outlets. Her Substack, Further Up, is one of the top paid newsletters in “Faith & Spirituality” on the platform. She has also contributed to two essay anthologies on Jordan Peterson. When not writing social criticism, she enjoys writing about literature, film, music, and history.
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Bethel McGrew | A case in Massachusetts shows how easy it can be for the state, driven by LGBTQ ideology, to take children from parents
A quarter-century after 9/11, Boston College students who weren’t alive that day still honor Welles Crowther, the “Man in the Red Bandana.” WORLD commentator Bethel McGrew considers how a story of courage, compassion, and service is carried into a new generation.
Bethel McGrew | Government report finds cases of pushing patients toward death
WORLD’s Bethel McGrew on the Department of Health and Human Services move to shut down the organ-procurement nonprofit Network for Hope. A federal investigation found patients placed on the donor pathway who showed signs of life, including a Kentucky man who woke up mid-procedure.
Bethel McGrew | A group of New York Catholic health workers goes to court to protect conscience rights after passage of a monstrous bill
Religious healthcare providers say New York’s assisted-suicide law protects them from administering lethal drugs, but WORLD Opinions contributor Bethel McGrew says it may still require them to guide patients toward death.
Bethel McGrew | Elites may have failed them, but they themselves fail by resorting to deranged conspiracy theories
Bethel McGrew | Conservatives must remember to display both conviction and class when commenting on Supreme Court justices
A proposed British ban on “conversion therapy” could punish those who challenge a person’s sexual identity while leaving physical attempts at sex change untouched. WORLD commentator Bethel McGrew argues the bill protects one kind of conversion by criminalizing resistance to it.
Bethel McGrew | A counseling bill in the United Kingdom shows that British Christians cannot escape the culture war
