American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Historical Kevorkian
I am often asked for interviews by students who are writing papers about the assisted suicide issue.…
Avoiding the Identity Politics Trap
A Mike Huckabee presidential campaign could be the Republican establishment’s nightmare. His candidacy would combine upfront social…
De Blasio’s Anti-Police Populism
New York City Police Officer Wenjian Liu was buried on Sunday. He was killed before Christmas, along…
Infinite Circle
Gratitude: An Intellectual History? by peter j. leithart? baylor, 350 pages, $49.95 Peter Leithart’s Gratitude: An Intellectual…
Anti-Catholic Ireland
In July 2011, Ireland’s newly elected Prime Minister (or “Taoiseach”) Enda Kenny launched an unprecedented attack on…
Intensive Care
Through her final hour he gently clasps the icy silence of her pallid hand, her plea to…
Challenging Radical Islam
The world is being subjected to horrific images of religious violence. The Islamic State (IS) in Iraq…
What’s in a Name?
A paralyzing gelid vortex of a January morning. He lay under the covers as the beckoning New…
To Defend the Disposable
Dr. Jonathan Gruber, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is best known these days for…
We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno Latour’s 1993 We Have Never Been Modern is a neglected masterpiece. Its argument is compressed, the terminology idiosyncratic.…
Religious Freedom and American History
Stephen Cox is Professor of Literature at the University of California-San Diego, editor of Liberty, a journal…
Torture and Witness to Life
I am a very proud alumnus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. I earned a bachelor’s degree…
Protesting for Disruption’s Sake
Disruption can be an effective protest tactic if limited and carefully targeted. But disruption seems to have…
Our Partial Pacifism
I am inclined to blame pacifism for our embrace of torture. Now, I do not consider myself qualified…
A Broken Immigration Debate
In 2010, 54 percent of Americans thought our immigration system was broken. Today, that number is 74…
