American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Inevitable Scholasticism
Introduction to Scholastic Theology by ulrich g. leinsle trans. michael j. miller catholic university of america, 392…
Revelation
I am soaking in Revelation, in the King James, just before dawn, / The dog snoring in…
Anniversary In-Sink-Erator
The stream beneath the site of our proposal at Vista Valley Country Club’s faux bridge has brought…
Holy Childhood
did you know summer hides / even as she shines...
Restoring the Village
In the year 1215, at a place called Runnymede, the barons of England, having paused from their…
At the Ballet
A bold conception, said to be first-class, / with varied styles of gesture, steps, and play, /…
Sects, Politics, and Religion
Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics by Robert Benne Eerdmans, 120 pages, $14…
Thinking About Aging
As the number of our years increases, as we age in that simple chronological sense, we also…
Paradoxical Portraits
Blessed and Beautiful: Picturing the Saints by Robert Kiely Yale, 288 pages, $40 n What I discovered,”…
RJN and First Things
This issue marks the beginning of First Things ’ twenty-second year of publication, and every new publishing…
Letters—March 2011
Conservative Liberalism or Liberal Conservatism? I am grateful to James Kalb for his thoughtful and respectful engagement…
The Real Myth
The Myth of American Religious Freedom by David Sehat Oxford, 368 pages, $29.95 n Conservatives, argues David…
