American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Lincoln’s Faith and America’s Future
Though Abraham Lincoln was neither baptized nor joined a church of any kind, he was the most…
Marriage, Sex, and Politics
On Saturday Eric Holder announced he will apply the recent Supreme Court Windsor ruling as widely as…
Preventing (Some) Suicides
Since Jack Kevorkian first made headlines in 1990, the media have touted assisted suicide by the dying…
Forgetting Middle America
Speaking at a party retreat, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told his colleagues that the party had…
The Devil in the Details
Slow, old python of my Everglades,he astutely picks where he invades:data dumps; the depths of lower courts;knotted…
Letters
Jesus in Islam In “Jesus the Muslim Hippie” (December), Gabriel Said Reynolds demonstrates the dissonance within the…
Art and Soul
A Prayer Journal by flannery o’connor farrar, straus and giroux, 112 pages, $18If we could accurately map…
New Homophiles: Stories Without a Who or What
Spend time before a crucifix and the major virtues Christ Jesus embodies there are quickly in evidence:…
Little Sisters in the Political Madhouse
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked the administration’s mandate that the Little Sisters of the Poor…
The Poorest of the Poor
Pope Francis has ignited a useful and necessary conversation about our responsibilities to the poorest of the…
Conservatism, Evangelii Gaudium, and the Social Market
Liberal commentators, both religious and secular, have cheered what they take as the recent comeuppance Catholic and…
Truncating the Politics of Jesus
John Howard Yoder’s now-classic The Politics of Jesus sparked a revolution. For centuries, Jesus’ lordship had been…
Marriage Is a Matter of Definition
November 18 marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark decision by the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of…
Impeach Obama 2014
I cannot think of anything more disastrous for the Republican Party than an attempt to impeach the…
Child in Cradle with Kneeling Girl
Vincent van Gogh pencil and charcoal drawing, 1883 She has no gold, no myrrh, no frankincense, Yet…