American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Marriage that Made America
Why do we remember Martha Washington as Lady Washington? Isn’t this the kind of aristocratic pretension that…
The Voracious Nought
I just got back from giving a lecture at a small liberal-arts college. The tenured professors were…
To Lead America, Follow Canada
Let me know if you’ve heard this one. Republicans need to move to the center and nominate…
Mozilla, Mo’ Problems
Silicon Valley is in an uproar. Angry blog posts have been written, resignations tendered, and boycotts organized,…
The President and the Patriarch
Vladimir Putin, who after a sham “referendum” completed his aggressive seizure of Crimea, denies he has plans…
CPAC Behind Bars
A few weeks back, I highlighted the friction between ascendant libertarians and ignored social conservatives at the…
Biotech Babies
Suzanne is a forty-year-old mother of two who recentlyattended an Evangelical women’s Bible study in a suburb…
Poetic Theologian
Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence by shai held indiana, 352 pages, $38.95 Few modern theological…
The Ancients on Abortion
Teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy last semester, I hopedto cruise through the Purgatorio to make sure we completed…
Briefly Noted
Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinasby matthew j. ramagecua, 312…
Bridging a False Divide
Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the OldTestament, sidled over to me at…
The Christ of Marc Chagall
It recently became widely known that the favorite paintingnof Pope Francis is the White Crucifixion by Marc…
Washington’s Politics of Reality Distortion
I don’t give a [expletive] about piracy. But for that money I have to admit, I started getting…
Not Just For Profit
Post-argument predictions will continue to pour out regarding Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius, cases…
Britain’s Baby Burning
The British public is currently being scandalized by the revelations that hospitals there have been incinerating the…
