American Politics
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For Kashmir
Sooner or later in the night, He’d spring onto the bed, Advance along my flank, and curl…
“I Did Not Come to Call the Righteous”
Matthew 9:9“13 We ninety-nine obedient sheep; we workers hired at dawn’s first peep; we faithful sons who…
Confessions of a Coward
Early in April, with the publication of the May issue of First Things, I stepped out from…
Why Avery Dulles Matters
When Avery Cardinal Dulles died on December 12, 2008, the Catholic Church lost its most distinguished American…
Psalm
Give thanks for all things On the plucked lute, and likewise The harp of ten strings. Have…
Admonition for the Seventh Decade
All the bluster and conceit, All the hare-brained indiscreet Obfuscations and obsessions, All the ludicrous confessions, Put…
Blessed Are the Green of Heart
Some years ago I was leading a summer study tour in Oxford, England, during which as a…
We’re Gonna Turn This Around
Richard used to put up cartoons in his bathroom. One, which stayed there for some time, showed…
I Measure Every Grief I Meet
He was the greatest reader I ever met. The greatest reader, and a cigar smoker, and a…
Canadian Summers
My first impression of Richard John Neuhaus was not positive. Soon after his ordination as a Catholic…
Day by Day
Richard John Neuhaus had a big life, but his day-by-day world was a small one. There was…
Evangelicals and Catholics Together
The sudden death of Fr. Neuhaus from recrudescent cancer hits us all hard. First Things itself, which…
The Gift of Lightheartedness
In what has become a winter of farewells for conservatives, the hardest loss was that of Fr.…
Mediating Institutions
To Empower People: From State to Civil Society Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Richard John Neuhaus and Peter…
Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Richard John Neuhaus never seemed to lack for pithy, authoritative formulations. Neuhaus’ Law provides an obvious example:…
