American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Three Riddles by Saint Aldhelm
63 When bloody flooding killed the human race And brand-new oceans put man in his place, Except…
Ray Bradbury, the Pedestrian
In the month since Ray Bradbury died at the age of 91, a host of tributes have…
Grand Rounds with Jews and Jesuits
When I awoke at 6:00 a.m. to attend shacharit (the first prayer service of the day), I…
Judaism and the Limits of Liberalism
The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…
The Revolt of the Right
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to…
Juliet on Facebook
I saw his Facebook picture, met for chat, And then the two of us said that was…
Now Sing, My Lovelies
Darlings, sing, and open-throated, send your voices, winged with high-flown praise, and raise, not merely roofs, but…
Not Understanding Nothing
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by lawrence m. krauss free press,…
Letters
Problematic Premises In response to John Haldane’s argumentum ad consummationem (“Against Erotic Entitlements,” April): Why shouldn’t it…
Our One-Eyed Friends
It wasn’t a conclusion he thought he’d come to. When he was a young graduate student, Jonathan…
Did the Highbrows Kill Culture?
Fred Siegel has a piece in the latest issue of Commentary in which he argues that “highbrows”…
The Selma Analogy
It’s easy to see why gay activists invoke the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s,…
Christian Europe?
Why We Should Call Ourselves Christians: The Religious Roots of Free Societiesby marcello peraencounter, 224 pages, $23.95 A…
Briefly Noted
Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis, and the Misrepresentation of Humanity by Raymond Tallis Acumen, 388 pages, $29.95 n…
Remembering John Hick
Explain, John Hick once asked me in an undergraduate class, the traditional axiom that my church holds,…
