American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters
Teachers In his “Re-Educate for America” (November), Malcolm Rivers identifies correctly the cultural hegemony that undergirds the…
Liberal Racism Bares Its Fangs
Given the politically-correct hysteria that typically surrounds any discussion of racism these days, I hesitate to use…
Machiavellianism and Idealism in Foreign Policy
Is the US obligated to do what is best for its people regardless of justice, or is…
Whatever Happened to Sacral Kingship?
The Watershed of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)by Francis OakleyYale University Press, 440 pages,…
Rise of the “Unholy Left”
The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West by michael…
What Kind of Nationalism Do We Want?
The recent victory of the right-populist National Front in France and Donald Trumps’ continued lead in the…
Neoconservative Catholicism in America
A Partisan Church: American Catholicism and the Rise of Neoconservative Catholics by todd scribner cua, 155 pages,…
Revealing God
Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation: The Mediation of the Gospel through Church and Scripture by matthew levering…
Go Figure
Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness by richard b. hays baylor, 177 pages, $34.95…
Accepting Limits
The Prophet of Cuernavaca: Ivan Illich and the Crisis of the West by todd hartch oxford, 256…
The Joke around the Water Cooler and Other Dilemmas
Let us nail ourselves to him, resistingthe temptation to stand apart or to joinothers in mocking him.”…
The Beastly Paradox
Blaise Pascal spoke of the contradiction in every human heart. Man is an animal at once godlike…
An Epitaph for my Parents’ Graves
Their headstones now have sunken into sand,amid tall weeds, some cholla, scattered sage,the writing visible, but not…
Roll Call at Acheron
The sound was coming from so far awaywe thought at first it was the breath we missedthe…
Equality Across Borders
Rediscovering America: Liberty, Equality, and the Crisis of Democracy by john agrestoasahina & wallace, 236 pages, $16.00…
