American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Wagner’s Incestuous Narcissism
The curtain rises in silence to reveal a stage composed of parallel white planks. With the first…
A Splendid Wickedness
The literature of Spain’s “Golden Age” produced two figures—Don Quixote de La Mancha and Don Juan Tenorio—who…
The Cosmopolitan Conservative
Has American liberalism lost its capacity to govern? I’m afraid so. Liberals can still win elections and…
Deferred
I never shot a commie or a Nazi In ’66, but this is what I did: Field-stripped…
Whether Faith Needs Philosophy
Abelard, claimed St. Bernard, was a logic-chopping rationalist whose writings were symptomatic of the anti-contemplative theology of…
Equal Rights, Unequal Wrongs
In most states, young people can drive a car at sixteen. At eighteen, they can vote and…
Why Polls Make Us Dumb
There are three groups of people who consistently have a detrimental affect on American politics: Republicans, Democrats,…
Westernizing Islam and the American Right
At the end of The Searchers, John Wayne stands framed by the darkened doorway of a cabin,…
Death by Water
Every sea-born whale is born to drown, Save those lost few who crush their final breath On…
Sales Pitch
He walked with me around the grounds, expecting me to give away” by how I sighed at…
Briefly Noted
Wilhelm Röpke’s Political Economy by Samuel Gregg Edward Elgar, 216 pages, $115 n Once upon a time,…
The Preferential Option for the Poor
A year or so ago I got together with some college friends. Good guys—careers, families, some churchgoers,…
Ancient Destinations, Modern Journeys
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 422 pages, $28 n…
Huck Finn the Israelite
The Instructions by Adam Levin McSweeney’s, 1030 pages, $29 n Using the kind of comprehensive, pick-a-fight judgments…
Evangelical Ressourcement
Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma Eerdmans, 218 pages, $20 n The…
