American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Trump and the Lukewarm
Despite the pleas of conservative Christian leaders, large numbers of self-identified evangelicals continue to vote for Trump.…
What Trump Teaches Us
We’re in a clarifying moment. Since Super Tuesday and Trump’s successes in a number of states, the…
Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses
Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court created a right to euthanasia and assisted suicide. To qualify for…
Conservative Populism is Divided Against Itself
Conservative populism can’t catch a break. The party’s elites have a stranglehold on policy. As Reihan Salam…
On the Ground in Wheaton
The following remarks were among several friendly responses to Professor Miroslav Volf’s presentation, “Do Christians & Muslims…
New City
Winter strains toward spring.A bird is singing in a leafless tree.The river gleams, the sidewalks glint with…
21st c. Emily
I’ve never lived in Dublin,there is no desk that’s mine,but Google has an app for that—the job…
Laundry List
“The ordinary acts we practice every dayat home are of more importance to the soulthan their simplicity…
Persuasion Anxiety
Republic of Spindavid greenbergw. w. norton, 560 pages, $35 Our country, being democratic, sends its cultural elites…
Trumpageddon!
The Republican establishment has swung into defcon i, maximum force alert. Last month I contributed to a…
Getting it Right with the Constitution
The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia forces us to reconsider the role that the Constitution plays…
An Abandoned White Middle Class
Is First Things promoting its own form of identity politics? A friend wrote recently, wondering exactly that.…
Mainstreaming “Animal Personhood”
Complacency is cultural subversion’s best friend. You know what I mean: When a radical proposal is voiced,…
The Stuntmen and the Lost Voters
The last two presidential elections have seen joke candidacies and the joke is on us. In 2012,…
Anger and Citizenship
The Iowa caucuses are in the rear-view mirror, the New Hampshire primary looms on the horizon, and…
