American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Donate Now or We’re Calling UPS

Anthony Sacramone

As you may or may not remember, last week was Pledge Week . This week (or what’s…

America and Its Dead

Michael Novak

You can see them at many grave sites where the War of Independence was fought, and the…

A Day in Chelsea

R. R. Reno

Francis Bacon once wrote, “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to find talk and discourse; but…

When a Book Reviewer Is In Over His Head

Robert T. Miller

Here’s the latest example of a fascinating, though depressing, cultural phenomenon. A fellow who clearly knows nothing…

Religious Tolerance and the Common Good

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

This talk was delivered at the Path to Peace Foundation seminar “Catholic Students and the Common Good:…

The Friday Potpourri

Richard John Neuhaus

Rudy Giuliani and abortion? No big deal. As he told the folks in Iowa, we have to…

A Lutheran Pastor Says ‘Here I Stand’ in Delaware

First Things

In Delaware, the state legislature is debating embryonic stem cell research. A copy of some correspondence about…

Jerry Falwell, R.I.P.

Joseph Bottum

What shall we do for a bogeyman, now that our grand old monster is dead? Jerry Falwell…

An Idiot’s Guide to Evolution

Stephen H. Webb

The dirty Darwinian secret is now out of the closet: If evolution is true, then it must…

Stirring the Potpourri

Richard John Neuhaus

Of course, the literal meaning of potpourri is “rotten pot,” but it has come to refer to…

The Pope and the Pop Star

Sean Curnyn

On Saturday, September 27, 1997, during the Twenty-third Eucharistic Congress and as part of pope John Paul…

The Imperial Catholics

Michael Novak

More and more often on Catholic campuses, left-wing Catholics are hiding their own ideological preferences behind the…

Debates, Conferences, Controversy!

Ryan T. Anderson

For the past few weeks, Michael Novak¯a member of the First Things editorial board and a frequent…

Men for Some Seasons

James Kerian

In early April, Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, announced his intention to bring immigration legislation to…

Moses and Multiculturalism

R. R. Reno

Moses made a mistake. He could have been a broadminded model for our liberal culture, but he…