American Politics
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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…
Conjuring a Son
Mom asks, “How’s your son?”every time I visit now.(I’ve never had one.) She asks it loudlysweetly crinkling…
Sibling Rivals
Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violenceby jonathan sacksschocken, 320 pages, $28.95 Love can be a problem.…
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…
