American Politics

I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown; where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in…

A hundred years ago this month, the Russian Revolution commenced, producing some of the most terrifying crimes…

In a recent article at Crux, I argued that invitations by the Pontifical Academies to Paul Erhlich…

I have been fascinated by dystopias since my youth—a youth full of sci-fi movies with grim visions…

Some preliminaries: I quite agree that the United Nations is a sad, and sometimes malicious, joke. I…

I was born at the French Hospital, City of Los Angeles, State of California, in 1949. As…

If left-wing cosmopolitanism wins, it will be because our conservative nationalists were insufficiently nationalist. It will be…

Many commentators on both right and left agree that President Trump’s recent executive order temporarily banning refugee…

When I was an evangelical convert in high school in the 1990s, the Religious Right was rallying—not…

A preview of The Public Square, forthcoming in the March issue of First Things. The confirmation hearings…

There has been much handwringing about the news that scientists injected human stem cells into pig embryos,…

Judge Neil Gorsuch is a walking, talking Hollywood writer’s pitch: “I’ve got it! Antonin Scalia meets Jimmy…

President Trump’s executive order limiting immigration from seven majority-Muslim counties reveals a chaotic, cynical administration—and a hysterical,…

The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interestby walter a. mcdougallyale,…

Last Testament: In His Own Words by benedict xvi with peter seewald bloomsbury, 288 pages, $24 A…