American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Contra Mundum
The world unfurls its flag of toleration,issues its edicts of equality,and he who bears the sign of…
Letters
Fascist Fallacy R. R. Reno’s “Election 2016” (November) succeeds as an analysis of the historical context gestating…
A New Poverty
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisisby j. d. vanceharper, 272 pages, $27.99…
Eros and Dorothy Day
Christians, it has been said, “worry about what people are doing in bed much more than making…
First Things in the Year Ahead
It’s been a remarkable year. The success of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump signal significant…
More Fascinating than Fiction
Netflix announced its series The Crown as a “biopic” unprecedented in quality and cost—and that was not…
From Atheism to First Things
At the time I came to First Things in mid-2014, I was just a couple of years…
Advent in the Deathworks
Ryszard Legutko observes in The Demon in Democracy that the cultured despisers of religion will not rest…
Russia, Trump, and the Problem of Values
Donald Trump’s friendliness toward Russia has the potential to reshape global politics. The prospect of a closer…
The Crisis of Christians in Egypt
On Monday, December 12, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walked alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros (Theodore) II…
The Persecution of Professor Esolen
Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United…
Crèche Clash
Here’s an update on a story I covered in this space two years ago: the Christmas Wars…
China Rising
I just returned from two weeks touring the People’s Republic of China. The Great Wall, 2,200-year-old Terracotta…
Preserving Limited Government in Difficult Times
Donald Trump’s strong-arming (or bribing) of Carrier into keeping a thousand jobs in the US has scrambled…
Materialist Delusions
“No Need to Fear Russia. The Bear is Broke.” That’s the title of Tim Congdon’s article in…
