American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The January Issue of First Things Is Here!

Joseph Bottum

“The defense of life,” declares Princeton University’s Robert P. George, “calls America back to the founding principles…

Watching The Golden Compass

Nathaniel Peters

The book version of The Golden Compass begins with a bang. The movie version with a lecture.…

A Mormon in the White House

Richard John Neuhaus

On Opinion Journal earlier this week, John Fund opines on the Mormon factor in Mitt Romney’s presidential…

Mitt Romney on Faith in America

Richard John Neuhaus

It was a powerful speech powerfully delivered. I don’t do political endorsements but am on record as…

The Pope Writes to Chinese Catholics; Stanley Fish’s Take on Richard Dawkins & Co.¯with Unhappy Consequences for Reason

Richard John Neuhaus

Pope Benedict’s letter this past week to the Catholics of China is a development of potentially historic…

Keeping Marriage Public

Michael Fragoso

Prof. Stephanie Coontz recently took to the pages of the New York Times to inform us that…

On Christian Hope

Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Pope Benedict XVI released his new encyclical letter, Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope), November 30, just two…

A Changed Stem Cell Debate

Sam Brownback

Sometimes political discussions get so bogged down that people’s views get set in stone. With advocates on…

John Paul II and the Jews

David G. Dalin

More than any other pope, John Paul II was the twentieth century’s greatest papal friend and supporter…

The Devil’s Party

Alan Jacobs

The film version of The Golden Compass opens on December 7 and it’s worth remembering that the…

More in Heaven and Earth

A. M. Juster

Robert Frost:The Poet as Philosopher   by peter j. stanlis isi, 350 pages, $28 Poor Robert Frost.…

America’s Two Foundings

Mark Noll

Contrasting judgments often arise from studying the Niagara of words that justified the American War for Independence—together…

On Rereading the Civil War

Richard John Neuhaus

As long-term readers know, every August at the cottage in Quebec I give myself the assignment of…

For Timothy Murphy

Joseph Bottum

God gives all He has to give—His son to speak that one word, Live. — Joseph Bottum …

The Magi

A. E. Stallings

Christmas Eve, the Word made Flesh, We put the baby in the manger, But could not add…