American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
In Defense of George Bell
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State, and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship by andrew chandler…
Where I Was Wrong Part II: Iraq
Donald Trump didn’t emerge solely from the passions of his enthusiasts. He emerged also from the wreckage…
The End of an Era, the Interment of an Event
Alfred Emmanuel Smith (1873-1944) served as Governor of New York for four terms and earned the gratitude…
Sex and Sin in Protestant America
The now infamous second presidential debate was a spectacle that few decent Americans want to witness again.…
Dirty Hands and Political Despair
John Adams famously wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is…
Where I Was Wrong Part I: The Filibuster
Over at National Review, I wrote that we NeverTrump conservatives should start the reconciliation process with Trump…
When Things Fall Apart
Most of the reasoned arguments for Donald Trump follow from larger theories about the demise of our…
Changing the Game
For those of us who find it impossible to cast a vote for either Hillary Clinton or…
Never Waste A Crisis
Michael Moore has the best one-line summary of the presidential campaign. In an interview with Chuck Todd,…
Why do Christians Revere Jerusalem?
It’s perhaps not sporting to mock the New York Times when it tries to address Christianity. Pointing…
Quotidian Wonder
Zero K by don delillo scribner, 288 pages, $26 In 2013, Jonathan Safran Foer claimed that “Only…
Charisma to Routine
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by eddie s. glaude jr. crown, 288…
The Constitution as a Coward’s Shield and a Barbarian’s Rock
The pseudonymous Trump partisan Decius writes that Donald Trump has mounted the “first serious national-political defense of…
Speaking of “Deplorables”….
You’d think presidential candidates would have learned that shooting from the lip in front of deep-pocket donors…
Trump’s Revolt Against Vows
In preparation for marriage, I have been reading Fulton Sheen’s classic Three To Get Married, which interweaves meditations on…
