American Politics
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A Tale of Different Funerals
There’s a great old Twilight Zone episode (“Elegy”) in which future astronauts crash land on an asteroid…
Give Reagan a Rest
Conservatives have a chance to make the country more productive and work-friendly. But they can also throw…
How Churches Can Bridge the Marriage Divide
Earlier this month, W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project and a senior fellow at…
Tragic Compassion
The Department of Homeland Security estimates that 90,000 unaccompanied minors will be apprehended attempting to enter the…
Uncluttering the House of the Mind
I thank Headmaster Crowe for that gracious introduction. And I thank Professor Owen Anderson of Arizona State…
No Indispensable Woman
Ross Douthat has rightly argued that the Democratic political coalition is vulnerable, but he’s wrong to suggest…
Time to Admit It: I Live in the Suburbs and Love It
I have to finally confess to myself: I live in a suburb. It has taken me a…
Not So Secular Sweden
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m in an eighteenth-century Swedish castle that has been transformed into an ecumenical…
Empire of Desire
These days a man can wake up and say, “Enough! I’m tired of fighting against my innermost…
Briefly Noted
Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade by clarke d. forsytheencounter, 496 pages, $27.99…
Rules Not Virtue
The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government by philip k. howard norton,…
Slowdown
On your thirtieth birthday, you find that your clothes Belong to someone slimmer. It’s like only your…
Dating Books
One of the pleasures of recording on the inside cover of a book the date you finished…
Karl Barth’s Failure
Karl Barth was the greatest theologian since the Reformation, and his work is today a dead letter.…
Elder Iosef’s Rules for Hermits
Wake at four o’clock, Byzantine time.Attend to yourselves.Recall that all is vanity.Say together Matins.At the First Hour,…
