American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Liberating Authorities
The term “postliberal” gets bandied about these days. For the most part, it’s used in political debates.…
Empires in Eclipse
The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation by victor davis hanson basic books, 343 pages,…
Aroused Consciences Changing History
Forty-five years ago, the New York Times cast its gimlet eye over the first three days of…
CONVICTED!
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Sohrab Ahmari joins the…
The End of Prestige
True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church by francis x. maier ignatius, 284…
The New Midlife Crisis
Check all the boxes, then chuck it all aside at forty to follow your muse. Play by…
Raw Deal
Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women by batya ungar-sargon encounter, 264 pages,…
Our Daughter Beside the Sea: Blue Hill, Maine
The seaside rock she sits on shines a blaze of purple shell and matte-glazed films of moss.…
Letters – July 2024
The Catholic University Matthew Schmitz aptly describes “Biden’s Collegiate Catholicism” (April 2024) in two senses. First, Biden’s…
Faith and Patriotism in Hacksaw Ridge
The war film is one of the few genres where modern Hollywood tolerates overt displays of Christian…
Summoning the Heroes
WARSAW. John Williams, ninety-two-year-old laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, has composed some of the most…
Restoring Virtue in Higher Education
The new core curriculum at New College of Florida, where I am employed, consists of two components,…
Authentic Grammar in Classical Schools
I regret to report that grammar schools no longer teach grammar. It is considered as retrograde as observing…
Making Men in the Blue Ridge Mountains
The gravel road wound through a valley, surrounded on all sides by mountain ridges covered in verdant…
Invoking John Paul the Great
ROME. Age certainly accelerates one’s sense of the passage of time. Well do I remember high school…
