American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Among the Rootless
In a speech delivered in October 2014, David Brooks offered a fanciful contrast devised by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik…
Pauline “Demolition”
We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby—a real one, with cars, and…
Reflections on Planned Parenthood and Cecil the Lion
Killing has dominated the news for the last few weeks. An angry debate has raged juxtaposing the…
The Real Story of the Summer
The Planned Parenthood videos are a far more important story than the Donald Trump nonsense. Whether by…
The Passing of the Voting Rights Act
In 1965, the U.S. Congress made a seismic decision. Faced with the disenfranchisement of black voters on…
The One and Only Culture War
Last month, David Brooks published a column titled “The Next Culture War.” In it, he offers public-relations…
The Calling
You will see again through the prism’s rainbow through the lighting sky in horizon’s turning rising, rising,…
Walzer’s Paradox
The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions by michael walzer yale, 192 pages, $26 Michael…
Facing the Unborn
An ultrasound video of an unborn child sucking its thumb makes a case against abortion that reason…
Christian Duty in Ukraine
Although many Christians have suffered and even died in Ukraine, churches across the globe keep silent about…
Briefly Noted
Boswell’s Enlightenment by robert zaretsky harvard, 288 pages, $26.95 When James Boswell met Voltaire, he was not…
Kids Today
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids edited by meghan daum…
The Nation, the Church, and the Immigrants
Say what you will about Donald Trump. He has pushed immigration to the forefront of the 2016…
Segregated Sunday Mornings
This past spring, the renowned sociologist Robert Putnam made waves with a claim that American churches had dedicated…
Tourists at a Tragedy
Vacation this year took us to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to see a ridge known as Marye’s Heights. It…
