American Politics

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For the Feast of the Assumption

James Matthew Wilson

You who wait, stood as candles round the shrouded bed,And flicker with the last stir of her…

Spirit for the Ages

A. N. Wilson

Gin: The Manual by david broom mitchell beazley, 224 pages, $19.99 Britain’s two national drinks—beer and gin—have…

100th Street

Brian Doyle

By chance I was in New York City seven months after September 11, and I saw a…

A Word the Romans Used

Ned Balbo

The Latin word for poetry, carmen, is also the word the Romans used for a song, a…

Reclaim Human Rights

Mary Ann Glendon

Longtime readers of First Things may recall that the April 1998 issue featured a nuanced statement “On…

Segregated in Death

Peter J. Leithart

In the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub massacre in June, Russell Moore lamented our inability to mourn…

Catholics Must Resist Ethno-Nationalism

Brandon McGinley

The Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh is one of the most prestigious and luxurious private clubs in the…

Homelessness, Party-Style

George Weigel

I grew up in what you might call a genetically Democratic family, but one in which partisan…

Rotting-Flesh Reaganism

R. R. Reno

Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump for president. Snore. The real story from Cruz’s convention fiasco…

Religious and Pro-Life Conscience Unwelcome in Healthcare

Wesley J. Smith

Healthcare is quickly becoming about much more than the provision and reception of medical treatment. To a…

Bernie Sanders and the Atomized Republic

Pete Spiliakos

Yuval Levin argues that American politics is being distorted by the toxic nostalgia of Baby Boomers who…

The Virgin and The Donald

Matthew Milliner

In light of reports of Donald Trump’s recent conversion to Christianity, we have reason to hope that…

The Last Puritan Statesman and The 2016 Conventions

George Weigel

Had I the resources, the one new book I’d give every delegate to the national political conventions…

The Irrelevance of Hillary’s Peccadilloes

R. R. Reno

Many observers were eagerly awaiting the results of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s irregular practice of…

To Save Religious Liberty, Focus on Media Ecology

Pete Spiliakos

David French is right to argue that evangelical Christians (and all supporters of religious liberty) will have…