American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Progressive Catholic Authoritarianism
Back in the day (the late 1960s or thereabouts), Fr. Andrew Greeley—the model of an old-fashioned liberal…
A Campaign That is Lost Every Day
Many conservatives feel like they are living in a country they no longer understand and that does…
National Cathedral & Confederate Windows
The Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., which is an Episcopal Church institution but serves…
The Future of the Christian University
As I stood before more than seven hundred college graduates and their families during our annual ritual…
Liberal Limits—and Our Opportunity
Never has a piece of writing spread across my social media niche as prolifically as Mark Oppenheimer’s Time…
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…
