American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Flower Shop
Ducking inside, escaping the thundershowers, you see her surrounded with color-mad displays of roses, tulips, lilies, mysterious…
Briefly Noted
The Father’s Will: Christ’s Crucifixion and the Goodness of God ?by nicholas e. lombardo, o.p. ?oxford, 288…
Ferguson
I could hear the protesters down the street. They gathered in Union Square to demonstrate, then marched…
Drop-off Day
Make sure you give yourself a chance to grieve, A parent handout helpfully suggests. My last one’s…
Experience Explained
True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World? by david skeelintervarsity, 176 pages, $12 Evolutionary…
Christian and Countercultural
Over the past decade, especially in the struggle over same-sex marriage, some of my friends and allies…
Global Anti-Semitism?
Last May, the Anti-Defamation League made the startling pronouncement that one-quarter of the world’s population is anti-Semitic.…
Mecca for Sale
Mecca is threatened. The city is the sacred center of attention for all Muslims. It is the…
The Myth of Vampire Children
My university experience, like that of so many others, was rich. I was a college athlete and…
Grammar Rules
Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English? by n. m. gwynne…
Roland on Free Will
In my dream (if it was a dream), I was roused by a soft, suave, gauzily sonorous…
Manual for Love
Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faithby eve tushnetave maria, 224 pages, $15.95…
Our Death Mounds
As the Western suburbs of Chicago go, it’s a spectacular view. To the distant north is the…
Public Chastity, Private Chaos
Americans’ public and private lives are on a collision course. Our social system—the one we publicly engage…
The Great Charter at 800
These remarks were delivered at Brigham Young University, January 23, as part of BYU’s on-going “Faith, Family…