American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Atheism and Violence
Books advocating atheism have recently been enjoying a modest boomlet. Sales are solid, book readings are sold…
The N.Y. Times vs. the Well-Endowed College
In the past few months, there have been a string of articles¯particularly in the New York Times…
Waking Up to Springtime
It’s a good day to be thinking about the Christian mission, this Day of the Conversion of…
From the Provinces
Poor Omaha. I’ve been noticing my adopted hometown cropping up more and more frequently as shorthand. Fargo…
On Being a Pallbearer
Recently, I served as a pallbearer for my grandfather on my mother’s side. I had never served…
John Cardinal O’Connor
Rocco Palmo over on Whispers in the Loggia reminds us that this week , January 15 to…
Apply to Be a Junior Fellow
So, if you look up higher on this page, you’ll see that First Things is beginning its…
Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong
On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter…
Better Citizens, More Faithful Catholics
When we speak about a nation’s culture, we mean the entire fabric of its common life, from…
Poets Who Kept Guard of the City
Poetry, the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski explains, springs from the negotiation poets routinely make between “the real,…
American Catholics and Catholic Americans
The calibrations and ruminations of sociologists all too often dress up as expert “findings” what we already…
Harvard’s Postmodern Curriculum
A few years ago, the academic mandarins in Cambridge embarked on a round of curricular revision. This…
Eric Clapton: Susceptible to the Truth
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to…
Sarkozy and Secularism
A few years ago, I was in the middle of giving a lecture in Paris about religious…
Marching Orders from a Postmodern Intellectual
In America we tend to have a division of labor. The university professors are dry and dusty…
