American Politics
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Political CEOs
It was in a speech before the Society for American Newspaper Editors that President Calvin Coolidge uttered…
It’s a Culture War, Stupid
Those who persist in denying that the Church is engaged in a culture war, the combatants in…
Into the Swamp
In the 1990s, journalist Lawrence Wechsler began teaching college courses on “Settling Accounts with the Prior Regime.”…
Let’s Use Pigs as Organ “Donors”
There are approximately 120,000 Americans on the organ transplant waiting list, about as many people as live…
Political Parasites
The murder in Charlottesville was committed by a monster. The occasion was a rally organized by white…
Shunning the Disabled
Last October, our family realized that we were not welcome in the French Republic. I had always…
What Should Girls Watch?
A female correspondent read my post “What Should Boys Watch?” and wondered about the other half of…
Donald Trump, Principe
Last year, Christian conservatives had serious reservations about Donald Trump. I was among them. But many of…
The Catholic Constitution
Adrian Vermeule is Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, where he…
Googling Moral Purity
It’s a Larry Summers moment for Silicon Valley. Google has fired software engineer James Damore. His sin?…
The Lost Adolescence of “Like”
When the 35-year-old man behind me recounts his weekend adventure to a buddy and drops a like into every…
Recovering a Culture of Affirmation
How to be a European? This question provided the topic for the twelfth annual Vanenburg Meeting, an…
Stop Assisted-Suicide Opioid Abuse
This week, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a report urging President…
Make Europe One Again
Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink by stefan zweig pushkin press, 216 pages, $15.95…
Learning From Charlie Gard
While sitting on hospital medical-ethics committees, I have sometimes worried that physicians are tempted, against the wishes…
