American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Les Regrets, Sonnet 38
Lucky: the man who measures out his days among his equals—simple, honest, free, not gripped by cramping…
A Review of To Change the World
To Change the World by James Davison Hunter Oxford University Press, 368 pages, $27.95 n In his…
A Review of Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park
Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park by Joyce Kerr Tarpley Catholic University of America,n288…
The Bearable Lightness of Dignity
It’s hard to imagine a decent politics that doesn’t depend on the notion of the dignity of…
A Review of The Future of History
The Future of History by John Lukacs Yale University Press, 192 pages, $24 n Historian John Lukacs…
A Person You Flee At Parties
Forgive me for simply laying out a sequence of random thoughts (on a single theme) that occurred…
