American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Conjuring a Son
Mom asks, “How’s your son?”every time I visit now.(I’ve never had one.) She asks it loudlysweetly crinkling…
Inhuman Baseball
Unfortunately, the scene is now familiar to us. The runner on first breaks for second as the…
Kempism is Dead
The results of the New York Republican primary should be the final proof that conservatives should move…
Donald Trump and Plain English
What is Donald Trump for? What is Ted Cruz for? The answer depends on who you are.…
Redeeming Lincoln
Redeeming the Great Empancipator by allen c. guelzoharvard university press, 208 pages, $22.95 In recent decades, Abraham…
Where Have All the Bad Republicans Gone?
Nearly a decade ago, the redoubtable Douglas Farrow published a book whose subtitle announced the “end of…
How the Church Failed Fishtown
The sign outside the church lists a single Sunday Mass time. The bulletin provides details on the…
In Honor of an Uppity Nun
On one of my first visits to Rome some years ago, I stepped into an elevator on…
Katharine Drexel
In my bilingual Catholic parish, the nativist undercurrent of the campaign season looms loudly over the Latinos…
Marquette’s Gender Regime
W orking in my Marquette office one afternoon in the spring of 2010, I heard unusual sounds…
Trumping Evangelicals
Trump didn’t just win in South Carolina; he won the white Evangelical vote. It’s a striking success…
Public Scripture
In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492–1783 by mark a. noll…
Really Modern English
Reynard the Fox: A New Translationtranslated by james simpsonliveright, 256 pages, $24.95 A few weeks ago I…
Home Improvements
M ellow and glowing with autumnal redA nd also ochre striped with golden light,R epainted bedroom with…
Muslims in the Melting Pot
S everal related questions underpin much of the discussion about the growing presence of Muslim immigrants and…
