American Politics
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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,…
Good News for the Naked Public University
Recently, an academic administrator informed me that passing judgment on others’ sexual orientation or religious beliefs was…
Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard
Michael Landon, the hugely popular television star of Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to…
Neither Prudence Nor Courage
While campaigning for the Republican nomination in the Iowa senatorial race, Joni Ernst had called for the…
Left, Right, Prudence, Principle, and Catholic Social Doctrine
A long-running battle between the so-called Catholic left and the so-called Catholic right concerns which political issues…
A Paradigm Shift in International Development
Someone from the international aid and development industry has some explaining to do. In an analysis of financial…
