American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Incoherence, Petulance, and Obama’s Middle East Policy
The Obama administration’s Middle East policy is becoming something worse than a failure. It is turning into…
Apostolate of Death
On November 1, after posting a Facebook message stating, “Today is the day I have chosen to…
Pelicans at Nags Head
Bumbling, ungainly, sag-chinned, laughable: on land, the pelicans concede their natures. Hugging the sand, one tries to…
Licensing the Kingdom
St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was one of the original…
Does Windsor Strengthen or Weaken Religious Pluralism? A Debate
Legal disputes over the definition of marriage—such as the recent U.S. v. Windsor case, which struck down the…
I Wanted That Kid Dead
My home state of Missouri is one of the most aggressive in carrying out the death penalty.…
The Indomitable and Effective Cardinal Pell
Shortly after George Pell was named Archbishop of Melbourne, he instituted several reforms at the archdiocesan seminary,…
When Pastoral Language Becomes Political Rhetoric
Mark Bauerlein’s post on the rhetoric of anti-discrimination points clearly to the problem which traditionalists face: In…
Suicide at the Oscars
This year two films on suicide took home Oscars: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 for best Documentary…
ECT at Twenty: A Joint Witness to the Gospel
Over the coming days, First Things will present a set of reflections on Evangelicals and Catholics Together, originally…
Selma and Humane Democracy
Over the weekend, President Obama and other national leaders traveled to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the fiftieth…
American Islam
I read recently that some young Muslims in the United States are complaining that what goes on…
Books of 2014
The books of 2014, like the books of any year, utterly exceed our grasp. In one aspect,…
Putting First Things First
When in the course of human events . . .” Thus Jefferson and his associates, evincing a…
Reaper at Bay
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End ?by atul gawande? metropolitan, 304 pages, $26 Atul…
