American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Homeschooling and Christian Duty
By withdrawing from the larger culture, homeschoolers aid and abet the culture’s failings—or so, at least, the…
Desperately Seeking Absolution
The thirty-six-year-old man from Sunrise, Florida, had years’ worth of sin to unload. As he prepared to…
Religion and Economics, Again
Many falsely contrived stories have appeared in recent weeks about huge gains in the proportion of national…
Don’t Throw Us into That Briar Patch
Within the camp of conservatives, the most cautious opponents of Roe v. Wade have stopped well short…
Richard Rorty, R.I.P.
Richard Rorty has died , passing away on Friday, June 8. A uniquely American mix of philosopher,…
Faithful Reason About Stem Cells
Two years ago, William Saletan¯Slate.com’s science reporter¯compared the typical approaches of Jewish and Catholic thinkers to bioethical…
Update on Stem-Cell Research
It made the front page of the New York Times , but don’t let that dissuade you¯reports…
Christian Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Christian Anti-Capitalism!
I keep reading through Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Tikkun, Jim Wallis’ Sojourners, and the parallel writings of the…
Brownback’s Faith and Reason
At the recent debate among Republican presidential candidates, Chris Matthews asked the candidates to raise their hands…
Talmudic Jesus
Jesus in the Talmud by peter schäfer princeton university press, 232 pages, $24.95 Rabbinic literature is surprisingly…
For a Moment, Little Lower than the Angels
Betjeman: A Life by A.N. Wilson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 pages, $27 John Betjeman was the…
Glosa: Apart and Not Yet a Part
Apart and not yet a part, I live lightless and unseeing to be consumed out of being.…
An Obituary for the Culture Wars
I returned last Tuesday from a week in Rome, which is always an instructive, and frequently an…
Canon 1398: A Clarification
I wrote in this space yesterday about the controversy surrounding the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI concerning…
Catholic Politicians and Excommunication
Earlier this month, a reporter asked Pope Benedict XVI whether he agreed with the Mexican bishops who…
