American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Elephant in the Room
Of all our major columnists, Peggy Noonan has thought the most deeply about the anti-establishment sentiments roiling…
Loving Our Enemies
Of all the teachings of the Gospel, one of the least heeded is the command to love…
Against Optimism
The two party conventions ended with a Trump speech labeled “dark” and a Clinton speech labeled “optimistic.”…
Notre Dame’s Deal with the Devil
Tim Kaine is a Harvard Law graduate, but he and other pro-choice Catholic politicians owe much to…
Trump, Kaine, and More Illusions
The following, instructive nugget comes from Times of London columnist Tim Montgomerie, writing in late July after…
Reclaim Human Rights
Longtime readers of First Things may recall that the April 1998 issue featured a nuanced statement “On…
Fashion Statements
Wishing our words were tactile,we speak of them like textiles: Dressed-up tales are madeout of whole cloth.…
For the Feast of the Assumption
You who wait, stood as candles round the shrouded bed,And flicker with the last stir of her…
Spirit for the Ages
Gin: The Manual by david broom mitchell beazley, 224 pages, $19.99 Britain’s two national drinks—beer and gin—have…
100th Street
By chance I was in New York City seven months after September 11, and I saw a…
A Word the Romans Used
The Latin word for poetry, carmen, is also the word the Romans used for a song, a…
Segregated in Death
In the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub massacre in June, Russell Moore lamented our inability to mourn…
Catholics Must Resist Ethno-Nationalism
The Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh is one of the most prestigious and luxurious private clubs in the…
Homelessness, Party-Style
I grew up in what you might call a genetically Democratic family, but one in which partisan…
Rotting-Flesh Reaganism
Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump for president. Snore. The real story from Cruz’s convention fiasco…
