American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Bethany

Joseph Mirra

In Bethany, what might the Lord have said Had Martha never questioned Mary’s ways; If Mary were…

Grace, Sin, and History

G. E. M. Lippiatt

The Two Cities: A History of Christian Politics by andrew willard jones emmaus road, 376 pages, $34.95…

Great Scot

Edward Feser

Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus by thomas m. ward angelico, 174 pages, $26…

How Gay Marriage Changed America

Matthew Schmitz

In November 2022, the ACLU’s deputy director for transgender justice came out against gay marriage. “I find…

Out of the Abyss

Liel Leibovitz

One day this winter, I found myself staring into a deep, dark, menacing hole. I mean that…

Scruton’s Castle

Carl R. Trueman

Against the Tide: The Best of Roger Scruton’s Columns, Commentaries and Criticism edited by mark dooley bloomsbury,…

Spare Us

Tim Stanley

Spare by prince harry random house, 416 pages, $36 Every Briton seems to have reached a verdict…

What We’ve Been Reading—March 2023

The Editors

Mark Bauerlein Contributing Editor Gustave Flaubert’s Sentimental Education has an unfortunate pertinence to 2023 America, at least to the…

Gambling and the American Pastime

John Wilson

Baseball at the Abyss: The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a…

Father Love Is a Hard Love

Francis X. Maier

My father’s idea of a good time was digging a ditch. Like my mother, he’d been born…

Litter Crew

Paul Willis

Litter Crew Ahead. Their budget’s in the red, but still they have a sign that has always…

Practice Without Purpose

Ephraim Radner

Not long ago, while in London, I passed by two street singers. A young man and woman,…

Dust Bowl

Catharine Savage Brosman

—After photographs by Dorothea Lange taken in the Texas Panhandle Alone, a woman stands in black and…

Letters

Various

Serendipity I read with interest the article by Joshua Katz in the January 2023 edition titled “Grace…

Churchmen of the Year

George Weigel

When they were working together some years ago at the Ukrainian Catholic University—the only Catholic institution of…