American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How to Destroy the Black Family
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Delano Squires joins…
The American Covenant’s Answer to AI
Artificial intelligence is testing our commitment to the great moral covenant that binds us together as a…
Creating an American Mythos
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Matthew Mehan joins…
Will the Dallas Charter Update Finally Give Priests Due Process?
At their Florida meeting on June 10–12, the American Catholic bishops will vote on proposed revisions to…
The Long Work of Restoration
What Really Matters:Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Familyby timothy goegleinwith craig ostenfidelis publishing, 264 pages,…
John Paul II and America
When he was elected bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather…
How Democrats Turned on Religious Freedom
Today’s Democratic Party rejects the central claim of the Declaration of Independence—that inalienable rights are given by…
The Peace We Can Make
Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about…
How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families
Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15…
Hochul’s Tax Credit and the Fight for Catholic School Choice
Give credit where it’s due. That’s the message New York governor Kathy Hochul seems to have embraced…
Liberalism Is Christianity’s Prodigal Child
Something of a shift in the landscape is signaled when a press like Polity releases, almost simultaneously,…
The Pope and President Tangle
In April, the Holy Father and the president of the United States traded barbs. The proximate cause…
Briefly Noted
What if Flannery O’Connor had been forced to live through Australia’s COVID-19 lockdowns and its surrounding political…
While We’re At It
In Palm Sunday reflections posted on his website, Coram Fratribus, Bishop Erik Varden observes: In the Saint…
Letters—June/July 2026
The sentimental images painted of proud, tight-knit communities slowly crumbling away are compelling, but I have to…
