American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Harrison Butker’s Speech Wasn’t for Us
Consider a twenty-eight-year-old family man, a devoted Catholic, a handsome, celebrated NFL kicker, invited to offer words…
America’s Working Class vs Elites
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Batya Ungar-Sargon joins the…
The Miracle of a Baseball
“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and…
Mere Priestesses
Controversy surrounds the disinvitation of Fr. Calvin Robinson from the closing panel of the Mere Anglicanism conference…
The Gardener
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. —L. P. Hartley While drums pounded…
The Defrocking of Father AI
Father Justin was rightly defrocked within two days of his public debut. “Father Justin” was the name…
Stopping the Transgender Conveyor Belt
Almost everyone agrees that rates of transgender identification are skyrocketing, especially among young girls. But nobody seems…
Mother Scholar
A quote from a Dorothy L. Sayers novel has lately been on my mind. “I was a…
The Anti-Fragile Brendan Eich
Ten years ago this week, Brendan Eich was forced to resign as CEO of Mozilla, the company…
Easter Above the Arctic Circle
The signs are everywhere: “No outside shoes,” “Use shoe coverings,” or “If your shoes are muddy, take…
Fraternity Against the Great Domestication
Sometime in 2023, a local chapter meeting of the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) closed amid…
The Remarkable Legacies of Ordinary Catholic Women
The following is excerpted and adapted from Bronwen McShea’s new book, Women of the Church: What Every…
