American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Sides of Pride
Trouble lies in feeling proud.I was taught that it’s a sinand that I shouldn’t share aloud some…
Gehenna
Where Moloch relished children sacrificedOutside Jerusalem, where worms won’t die. Am I a fool to claim the…
Intolerance and Evangelization
Cardinal Robert Sarah is one of the adornments of the Catholic Church, although it’s very unlikely that…
Pope Francis, Erich Przywara, and the Idea of Europe
Last Friday, on May 6, Pope Francis was awarded the Charlemagne Prize, which is conferred annually by…
Persevere and Learn (and Persevere)
The disaster of this presidential election is a long time in coming—it will spawn disasters beyond our…
Now what?
Two days after that circular firing-squad known as the “Republican primaries” came to a de facto conclusion…
Progressivism’s Fragile Gender Realism
Is there a fact of the matter about a person’s gender? To answer in the affirmative is…
Father Berrigan Remembered
When Daniel Berrigan died recently at the age of 94, obituaries throughout the world described the legendary…
Good Catholics, Good Citizens
The Catholic love affair with the United States of America is heading into rough and uncharted waters—and…
Stott Bowdlerized
R ecently I bought a copy of John Stott’s brief and famous exposition of the Christian gospel,…
College Without Truth
N ot long ago, I was an assistant professor of history at the most racially and ethnically…
Gain and Loss
John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters edited by roderick strangeoxford, 608 pages, $49.50 W riting to…
An Orthodox Island
Summoned: Identification and Religious Life in a Jewish Neighborhood by iddo tavory chicago, 224 pages, $27.50 In…
Cosmopolitan Dream
The Lure of Technocracyby jürgen habermastranslated by ciaran croninpolity, 200 pages, $22.95 The European project, as it…
Sibling Rivals
Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violenceby jonathan sacksschocken, 320 pages, $28.95 Love can be a problem.…
