American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
RSVP “No” to Suicide Party
Back in 1991, I received an invitation to a party. My elderly friend Frances wanted to die.…
Assembling An American Majority
Liberals are confident that they own the future, but conservatives have a chance to shape a better…
The Myth of America’s Religious Founding
Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding by Steven K. Green Oxford, 312 pages,…
Popes in These United States
The history of popes in these United States is full of surprises. And one of them, to…
Kim Davis and the Mess She’s In
Once upon a time I was a sworn officer of the State of Kansas, occupying a statutory…
Kim Davis’s Conscientious Decision
I’m sympathetic to Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who has stopped signing marriage licenses. In…
Scott Walker and the Bubble
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s transition from state to federal politics has been bumpy, but it is indicative…
Conservatives Confront Anti-Intellectualism
The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism edited by Mark Bauerlein…
The Pope’s Visit
When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than…
Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum
Decadence: A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay. The…
The Republican Establishment and Trump, Hubris and Nemesis
There is a chasm that separates right-leaning voters (a group that is larger than the conservative “base”)…
A Royalist and Whig Revolution?
The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding by Erik NelsonBelknap, 390 pages, $29.95 It was appropriate…
Among the Rootless
In a speech delivered in October 2014, David Brooks offered a fanciful contrast devised by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik…
Pauline “Demolition”
We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby—a real one, with cars, and…
Reflections on Planned Parenthood and Cecil the Lion
Killing has dominated the news for the last few weeks. An angry debate has raged juxtaposing the…
