American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Weakness of Laudato Si
Please enjoy this excerpt from “The Public Square” of the forthcoming August/September issue of First Things. To…
Euthanasia’s Open Season on the Mentally Ill
A few years ago, I spoke about end-of-life care at a town-hall event; it quickly devolved into…
Don’t Sweat the Donald
Eleven percent of New Hampshire’s conservatives favor crony capitalist, eminent domain abuser, supporter of single-payer health care,…
Statesmanship by Committee
The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final…
Praise Be to You, Lord
The First World War lingers in the memory as humanity’s first encounter with industrialized killing on a…
What Have We Learned From the Iraq War?
Knowing what we know now,” would you have invaded Iraq? Jeb Bush stumbled over this question. His…
A New Era
God’s Planet by owen gingerich harvard, 192 pages, $19.95 According to a famous formulation of Stephen Jay…
A Wilder Feminism
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by laura ingalls wilder edited by pamela smith hill south dakota historical…
Not Quite Nihilism
Believing in absolutely nothing is harder than it looks. The ultra-skeptical Arcesilaus, head of the Platonic Academy…
The Power Elite
As the dust from the recent explosion over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act begins to settle, one…
Out of a Dark Wood
How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem by rod dreher …
Heart’s Knowledge
Disability, Providence, and Ethics: Bridging Gaps, Transforming Lives by hans s. reinders baylor, 248 pages, $49.95 What…
The Church of Darwin
Right from the start, Darwin’s theory was about much more than scientific truth. Darwin himself believed that…
Voting Conscience
Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society by cathleen kaveny georgetown, 304 pages, $29.95 Emerging…
The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics
Last month, Jeffrey Sachs and Ban Ki-moon, arguably the most powerful proponents of abortion and population control…
