American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

America’s First Baptist President

Timothy George

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the first Baptist to serve as President of the United States and the…

Slick and Far From Truth

Nathaniel Givens

Given the low standards of mainstream reporting on religious issues, it’s hard to publish an article that…

Planned Parenthood is Nothing to Smile About

Wesley J. Smith

The videos of Planned Parenthood employees bragging about performing “less crunchy” abortions in order to harvest intact…

Between Arrogance and Despair

Pete Spiliakos

The politics of 2015 reflect the differing moods of liberals and conservatives. Liberals are frustrated at the…

Porn for the Privileged

Melinda Selmys

Years ago, when I was a young radical feminist, I recall marching in the annual Take Back…

“What About You?”

William Doino Jr.

Of all the speeches Pope Francis recently delivered in America, among the most inspiring was one highlighting…

Francis and the Bishops

Nathaniel Peters

A Catholic bishop recently became the first member of the hierarchy known to have met with Kim…

Waiting for Superwoman

Pete Spiliakos

Carly Fiorina’s fierce and passionate attack on Planned Parenthood’s fetal organ harvesting operation has gotten praise from…

Transgender Delusion

Richard Corradi

Human nature does not change. Despite our postmodern sophistication and our wishful thinking about perfectibility, our nature…

Mother Church or Uncle Sam

Kevin D. Roberts

Wyoming ­Catholic College, of which I serve as ­president, recently ­determined that it has a duty to…

Deutsche Kirche, Inc.

Hans Feichtinger

In the run-up to this fall’s Synod on the Family, we’ve been hearing a lot from the…

Letters—October 2015

Various

No Discipline I am writing to express my shock and disappointment at the profanity in the article…

Rules for Being an Altar Boy at Saint John Vianney Parish for the Liturgical Year 1964

Brian Doyle

If you have to sneeze on the altar do so quietly and turn Your head away from…

Lessons from the Rough Rider for Today’s Political Ruffians

George Weigel

Sitting at a writing-desk in the White House on December 11, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt was an…

A Guide Through the Thicket

Jordan Hylden

Renewing Moral Theology: Christian Ethics as Action, Character, and Grace  by daniel a. westberg ivp academic, 281…