American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Real Immigration Challenge
Back in the 1990s, Newt Gingrich observed that every society faces an immigration challenge (this was when…
Nelson Rockefeller as Social Gospel Christian
Richard Norton Smith’s outstanding new biography of Nelson Rockefeller does not directly focus much on the religious beliefs…
A Thicker Kind of Mere
I am an avid reader and an occasional contributor to the magazine Touchstone, a periodical that describes…
Hillary’s Purposes and God’s
When I heard Hillary Clinton’s statement at the recent 2015 Women in the World Summit that “Deep-seated…
On Retreat
David Mills, inspired by a Facebook post from Robby George, has exhorted mostly unnamed proponents of the…
Faith, Fatalism, and Freddie Gray
One recent day at the Baltimore clinic where I care for the homeless, I spoke with a patient…
Schubert Revived
Fierrabras composed by franz schubert performed at the 2014 salzburg festival In the world of opera today,…
The Power of Love
When I go walking on the street My Guardian Angel walks behind. I hear the rustling of…
Taking A Life
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by katha pollitt picador, 272 pages, $25 It’s easy to be a charitable…
Hitting the Gym
I am not attracted to the men at the gym; I just want to look like them. As…
The Screen and the Book
Books are solid. This is at once a physical description and a metaphysical one, and it is…
Radical Rupture
The Evangelical Origins of the Living Constitution by john w. compton harvard, 272 pages, $45 The Constitution…
Orthodox Terrorism
Long before Russia’s annexation of Crimea and unproclaimed war in the Donbass, Ukraine had become a religious…
Heavenly Treasure
The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity by peter brown harvard, 288…
Conservatives and Low-Skilled Workers
People in the Republican establishment have been suggesting that conservatives can either try to appeal to working-class…
