American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Because of What God Has Done
My host told me, a rabbi with a yarmulke on my head, to address the pope in…
The Living City
Works of social criticism often do not wear well, and even the best of them tend to…
Lacking Liberalism
The Democratic Soul: A Wilson Carey McWilliams Reader ? by Wilson Carey Mcwilliams,? edited by Patrick J.…
Hume’s Destructive Genius
Recently recognized was the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Celebrations were…
The Failed 9/11 Memorial
Rush-hour traffic emerged from the Battery Tunnel and roared up West Street on that gray, overcast afternoon…
Books for Christmas
If memory serves, this past year saw electronic books top printed books in the sales figures at…
A Proposal: Tax Divorce
Roll back no-fault divorce,” I said when a friend asked what we could do about marriage in…
Mea Culpa
In the same Public Square last month I observed that few sermons get preached these days on…
Age and Wisdom
I recently saw an older friend who has suffered from some health problems. I asked him how…
Treating Democracy
The Responsibility of Reason: Theory and Practice in a Liberal-Democratic Age by Ralph C. Hancock Rowman and…
A Generation Detached
Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood by Christian Smith, with Kari Christoffersen, Hilary Davidson,…
After Establishment
For a long time Irish politics and culture have been married to Catholicism. Now we seem to…
Scientia ad Absurdum
The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions by Alex Rosenberg W. W. Norton, 368 pages,…
Changing Minds, Saving Lives
The propagandist hopes you will not think too carefully, the persuader asks you to consider. Persuasion changes…
Against Stupidity
I have been thinking a lot about stupidity lately, largely, I suppose, because I spend a good…
