American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Should Children Make Up Their Own Minds About Religion?
I don’t make my kids go to church; I want them to make up their own minds…
Opportunity and Incentives
President Obama’s recent actions to effectively exempt millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation and to issue them…
Death By Police
One April night thirteen years ago, a police sharpshooter killed Jake. Jake (I have disguised his name)…
What Clericalism Looks Like
For the past three months, parishioners and friends of the Church of Our Saviour on Park Avenue…
Cardinal Francis George
In the spring of 1997, a routine meeting of the finance council of a venerable archdiocese (best…
Ancilla
I am the maid of Lady Claudia. She’s not an easy mistress, but she’s fair. I smooth…
Briefly Noted
Redeeming “The Prince”: The Meaning of Machiavelli’s Masterpiece ?by maurizio viroli ?princeton, 208 pages, $26.95 In Redeeming…
