American Politics

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Psalm

Richard Wilbur

Give thanks for all things On the plucked lute, and likewise The harp of ten strings. Have…

Admonition for the Seventh Decade

Dick Davis

All the bluster and conceit, All the hare-brained indiscreet Obfuscations and obsessions, All the ludicrous confessions, Put…

To Light a Candle

Stephen M. Barr

I first came across the name of Richard John Neuhaus when he was writing religion columns for…

We’re Gonna Turn This Around

Peter L. Berger

Richard used to put up cartoons in his bathroom. One, which stayed there for some time, showed…

I Measure Every Grief I Meet

Joseph Bottum

He was the greatest reader I ever met. The greatest reader, and a cigar smoker, and a…

Canadian Summers

Tim Moyle

My first impression of Richard John Neuhaus was not positive. Soon after his ordination as a Catholic…

Day by Day

James Nuechterlein

Richard John Neuhaus had a big life, but his day-by-day world was a small one. There was…

Evangelicals and Catholics Together

James I. Packer

The sudden death of Fr. Neuhaus from recrudescent cancer hits us all hard. First Things itself, which…

The Gift of Lightheartedness

Ramesh Ponnuru

In what has become a winter of farewells for conservatives, the hardest loss was that of Fr.…

Mediating Institutions

Wilfred M. McClay

To Empower People: From State to Civil Society Twentieth Anniversary ­Edition by Richard John Neuhaus and Peter…

Religion, Culture, and Public Life

R. R. Reno

Richard John Neuhaus never seemed to lack for pithy, authoritative formulations. Neuhaus’ Law provides an obvious example:…

Ministering to Ministry

Timothy George

Freedom for Ministry by Richard John Neuhaus. Eerdmans, 272 pages, $26. Among his many books, Freedom for…

Bread Upon the Waters

Arthur Simon

The death of Richard John Neuhaus shocked and saddened me. I learned of it by calling to…

Multiplying Himself

George Weigel

How to capture the essence of Richard John Neuhaus and his impact on others? Perhaps numbers help.…

First Things First

Hadley Arkes

For his friends this is the kind of loss that tilts the world on its axis; for…