American Politics

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Faith in America’s Colleges

Joseph Bottum

Wheaton College in Illinois is the single best place to go to college in America. Or Thomas…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

• Remember the alliance of atheists who offered to take care of your pets in the event…

The Lawful Truth

Matthew J. Franck

Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law by hadley arkes cambridge, 280 pages,…

Human Embryos in the Age of Obama

Neuhaus Colloquium

Nine years ago, the White House announced and implemented the first-ever federal funding policy for stem-cell research.…

Holy War Over Ground Zero

Joseph Bottum

There, the sign that says “Sharia,” the hand-drawn letters dribbling down in streaks as though they were…

Founding Believers

Joe Carter

What were the religious beliefs of the founding fathers? That question is at the heart of many…

The Greatest Nation on Earth

David Bentley Hart

My remotest ancestors on this continent settled in Maryland in 1634, as titled freeholders under the sheltering…

Not2B.com

Robert W. Crawford

This is a choice—it’s not a tragedy— And we exist to help you get it done. Why…

The Ides by Stephen Dando-Collins

Edward T. Oakes

The Ides: Caesar’s Murder and the War for Rome by stephen dando-collins john wiley & sons, 288…

Patron Saints for Postmoderns by Chris. R. Armstrong

James Poulos

Patron Saints for Postmoderns: Ten from the Past Who Speak to Our Future by chris r. armstrong…

Reasonable Faith by John Haldane

Ryan T. Anderson

Reasonable Faith by john haldane routledge, 224 pages, $39.95, paper In his 2004 book Faithful Reason, John…

Reaping the Wind

Susan McLean

The giants swing their triple arms or poise, frozen like hazmat signs, on every hill: alien prayer…

American Cicero by Bradley J. Birzer

Stefan McDaniel

American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll by bradley j. birzer isi, 230 pages, $25 Bradley Birzer’s…

Cancer Dog

David Yezzi

Her open wound accuses you. It leaves its traces in the corner where she sleeps. She sleeps…

Short Measure

Mark Jarman

The hummingbird has lingered. A rhododendron blooms. But each night autumn’s chilly dreams Stalk through our bedrooms.…