American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Our Potemkin Life
Several weeks ago, I was having dinner with friends in the town of Bridgewater, PA—a sliver of…
Renewing My Plea: Humanae Vitae after Obergefell
Some months back, I made a plea—that the Church not yield on withholding the Eucharist from divorced…
We Need Institutions and Trust
Imagine you are part of that growing majority of Americans who do not watch Fox News, listen…
An American Virgil
Among the more adventurous sallies in church décor in recentmemory is the dancing saints sequence at San Francisco’s…
The Pieta of Joan of Arc
Fort Drum, home to the 10th Mountain Division and, until very recently, to my family, has recently…
Not Just Another Culture War Story
The recent exposure of the trafficking in body parts removed from aborted fetal children has opened many…
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…
