American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
St. Rich, Pray for Us
Over the course of the next several weeks, we will continue to hear plenty about the Protestant…
Justice for Jahi
In California, Jahi McMath is legally dead. In New Jersey, she is legally alive. Now, the deceased—or…
Democrats, Republicans, and Homeless Voters
There are some voters politicians don’t understand, and there are some voters politicians don’t want. In a…
Speaker Ryan Invites a Social Doctrine Conversation
CNN is not the customary locale-of-choice for a catechesis on Catholic social doctrine. But that’s what Paul…
To My Daughter, Turning Ten
Beacon’s Riverfront Park looks different today, as if we’d been away for years, though it has only…
Twin Peaks Revisited
In the fall of 1946, Mary McCarthy wrote a letter objecting to a New Yorker essay by…
Abraham Lincoln, Matchmaker
What if Abraham Lincoln had sent a young socialite to meet an injured soldier, without telling her…
Civility, Consensus, Constructivism
Incivility, President Obama told his audience at the 2010 National Prayer Breakfast, is a disease of public…
From Hippo to Nashville
In lectures over the last couple of years, I have frequently mentioned Philip Rieff’s Psychological Man as…
Superheroes? Stardust? Or Vessels of the Incarnation?
When I was first introduced to the fascinations of the DNA double-helix in a biology class at…
The Pope and the President
The past summer has seen no shortage of controversy in Washington. Until the catastrophe in Houston, the…
How the Media Promote (Some) Suicides
I began my work against assisted suicide in 1993. The emotional zeitgeist at the time focused intensely—and…
The Self-Delusion of a Conservative
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake is fighting to protect conservative principle from the white identity politics of Donald…
Michael Cromartie Rides On
The first time I saw Michael Cromartie, he was riding a bike. We were in the middle…
