American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Prayer in the Facebook Age
It is easy to overlook those moments in the Gospels when Jesus withdraws from others. They come…
Churches & Obama’s Executive Amnesty
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler has critiqued President Obama’s executive amnesty for millions of illegal…
Death With Aesthetics
We don’t speak plainly in public discourse anymore. Rather, we equivocate and deploy euphemisms to sanitize our…
Conservative Populism and the Cory Gardner Problem
A funny thing happened when Cory Gardner, the senator-elect from Colorado, went on Fox News Sunday: He…
Pastors Don’t Need to Enter Politics—They’re Already In It
A friend is encouraging pastors to run for political office. Like everyone, he’s worried about America’s future,…
Social Liberal Hubris
Mark Udall’s senatorial defeat might have been the sweetest victory for social conservatism on Tuesday. He organized…
What the Midterms Mean for Social Conservatives
I’m never more of a partisan than on election night. All my misgivings about the Republican Party…
Bessie’s House
Five years ago, Mike Low started Bessie’s House in Kansas City’s Northeast neighborhood, where unemployment is at…
The Pope and the Problem of Punishment
Pope Francis recently gave a speech to the International Association of Penal Law advocating for the improvement…
Minor
Pillar of cloud parting the cold: first breath post-birth. Ichor coruscates as the cord cuts: lodestar leads…
Freakish Belonging
Michael Alig was paroled this May into the world he helped invent. Starting in the summer of…
Tragic Hero
Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul by daniel gordis ?schocken, 295 pages, $27.95 In 1981, at…
How to Succeed In Politics As a Businessman By Really Trying
A certain Georgia Senate seat has a strange and revealing recent history. 2008 was the ultimate Democratic…
Frank Wolf: An Appreciation
For the first time since 1978, Frank Wolf’s name will not appear on the November ballot in…
Blinded by Nostalgia
The twenty-first century has been a time of transition in American life. In our economy, our culture,…
