American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Catechism on the Road
A frosty sunlit Sunday morning. We, Still sleepy on our way to early Mass, Were snapped alert”sudden…
Unjust Secular Justice
The Machinery of Criminal Justice by stephanos bibas oxford, 320 pages, $75 There are two criminal justice…
Sex in the Meritocracy
When Yale first bowed to the spirit of meritocracy and began admitting large numbers of students from…
War Without End
Paul Miller’s essay is a plea for Americans to persevere in a military undertaking in Afghanistan that…
Reflections on the Revolution in Rome
As mediated by the journalists, the story of the Second Vatican Council was framed as a battle…
Who’s Afraid of the Awful Truth?
Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened on Broadway on the eve of the…
Man the Mystery
From Big Bang to Big Mystery: Human Origins in the Light of Creation and Evolution by Brendan…
Augustine in the Dust
Sergeant Dwayne Miller’s breath came quick and his jaw clenched as he began relating a story to…
Jacob and Esau
From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933–1965 by John Connelly Harvard,…
The Anxious Parent
The trampoline, that upset them. We bought one of the big round ones for our eldest’s sixteenth…
Utility’s Deceptions
Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization by charles c. camosy cambridge, 284 pages, $29.99 Peter Singer…
False Neutrality
It’s Even Worse than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of…
Astronomical Aubade
I looked for it, low in the east, Where it was scheduled to appear. Good sightings of…
Three Prayers
I rarely pray to Christ. His sacrifice was so perfect, it’s far beyond my ken. I’m one…
America’s Crusades
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy by Andrew Preston Knopf,…
