Maria is a freelance reporter who lives in Columbus, Ohio. She contributes regularly to Christianity Today and other outlets and co-hosts the Breakpoint podcast with The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.
Thirty-five years after the Mapplethorpe trial, WORLD Opinions commentator Maria Baer examines what changed—and what didn’t
Maria Baer on online narratives and misplaced conviction, the declining status of marriage and motherhood, and what Amy Grant’s new single reveals about cultural signaling
TPS for Haitians expires in February, ushering in a new phase of immigration enforcement in places like Springfield, Ohio
In Ohio, Old World traditions endure after a century of change
Maria Baer | Beauty will either awe or repulse us—because that’s what the gospel does
A culture of comfort reveals a generation that’s losing its will to do hard things
Maria Baer | A new report on grade inflation indicts Harvard’s ideological capture, and so does Harvard students’ response
AI hits its limit at sacrificial love, a virtue uniquely human
Maria Baer | The “godfather of AI” wants to give the technology a “maternal instinct” in order to protect humanity, but it won’t work
Maria Baer | The poisoning of a woman’s drink with the abortion pill is not far out of line with the abortion giant’s philosophy
