American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Real Story of the Summer
The Planned Parenthood videos are a far more important story than the Donald Trump nonsense. Whether by…
The Passing of the Voting Rights Act
In 1965, the U.S. Congress made a seismic decision. Faced with the disenfranchisement of black voters on…
The One and Only Culture War
Last month, David Brooks published a column titled “The Next Culture War.” In it, he offers public-relations…
The Calling
You will see again through the prism’s rainbow through the lighting sky in horizon’s turning rising, rising,…
Walzer’s Paradox
The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions by michael walzer yale, 192 pages, $26 Michael…
Facing the Unborn
An ultrasound video of an unborn child sucking its thumb makes a case against abortion that reason…
Christian Duty in Ukraine
Although many Christians have suffered and even died in Ukraine, churches across the globe keep silent about…
Briefly Noted
Boswell’s Enlightenment by robert zaretsky harvard, 288 pages, $26.95 When James Boswell met Voltaire, he was not…
Kids Today
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids edited by meghan daum…
The Nation, the Church, and the Immigrants
Say what you will about Donald Trump. He has pushed immigration to the forefront of the 2016…
Segregated Sunday Mornings
This past spring, the renowned sociologist Robert Putnam made waves with a claim that American churches had dedicated…
Tourists at a Tragedy
Vacation this year took us to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to see a ridge known as Marye’s Heights. It…
Response from Pew Research Center to “In Polls We Trust”
The following is an official response from the Pew Research Center to Robert Wuthnow’s article, “In Polls…
Robert Wuthnow Replies to the Pew Research Center
The following is a reply by Robert Wuthnow to the Pew Research Center’s official response to his article, “In…
God and Donald Trump
The closest I have ever come to meeting Donald John Trump was during a visit to Manhattan…
