American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Abortion After Obama
It happens every four years”maybe every two years: Anytime there’s an election in this country, the pundits…
Briefly Noted 224
Phenomenology of the Human Person by Robert Sokolowski Cambridge University Press, 360 pages, $26.99 paper Robert Sokolowski…
Homecoming
Sometimes I dream I’m flying just above the plain” the world in wheat beneath me, the rivers…
Asking the Wrong Question
I recently attended two conversations under the aegis of the Templeton Foundation’s Big Questions initiative. Both dealt…
In Defense of the Sovereign Family
Government alone is where law can be found. At least, the American people generally think so. That…
The Excellence of Limits
In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology by Eric Cohen Encounter, 180…
Letters—December 2008
Protestant Christendom Joseph Bottum’s article, “ The Death of Protestant America: A Political Theory of the Protestant…
Children’s Books, Lost and Found
Sometimes a book is in the canon of children’s literature just because the writing is so good.…
Dostoevsky’s Question
The Public Square In 2007, as the Anglican communion was tearing itself apart, the archbishop of Canterbury,…
The Forgotten Story of Postmodernity
In February 1943, standing before thousands of loyal Nazis in the Sportpalast in Berlin, Josef Goebbels called…
For Pro-Lifers, A New Day
The worst aspect of an Obama presidency, I have been telling friends for months, will be his…
Rocky Is My Prayer Partner
In the sixth installment of the Rocky series¯which opens today¯a fifty-something-year-old Rocky Balboa sits nervously awaiting the…
Children of Men
Going to see a film based on a novel you’ve read and enjoyed is always problematic. The…
Three Movie Reviews
Apocalypto When Apocalypto was announced¯a film set in the waning days of the Mayan Empire, with a…
Robo-Jesus
One always hopes that a new year will both usher in what’s truly new and show the…
