American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Ultrasound and Human Sacrifice, Cormac McCarthy, Mugabe and the Bishops
Aside from his inability, or unwillingness, to recognize that the denial of legal protection to human beings…
Amnesty International’s Dirty Little Secret
Amnesty International is up to no good, and they don’t want you to know about it. My…
America’s Greatest Mystery Writer
G.K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown stories are proof that only the British style of detective fiction can reach…
Robert Drinan, Infanticide, and the “Unthinkable”
On February 1, I joined perhaps a thousand other mourners in St. Aloysius Church in Washington for…
Philip Rieff’s Charisma
I don’t think many would dispute that Philip Rieff was one of the most perceptive and creative…
Religion and the Common Good
Sooner or later, every teacher hears the same old joke about the philosophy student and his dad.…
With Guts Enough to Be Disarming
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play major-league baseball, as the…
The Supreme Court and Reasonable Hope
I’m not convinced that this week’s Supreme Court decision on partial-birth abortion is as good as Justice…
Fallout
We will, I imagine, be talking about the Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart for a…
Put on Your Body Armor
Concerning yesterday’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart , a few preliminary observations based on a very quick…
Don’t Read the May Issue. No, Really … Don’t.
Another month, another issue of First Things . Just a typical production of the magazine¯this and that,…
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of…
Assault on Christendom
Wow. We didn’t know. The “Hallelujah Chorus” is a paean celebrating Titus’ sack of Jerusalem and the…
Free Will and Physics
John Rose wrote here yesterday concerning Einstein’s attempted reconciliation of complete physical determinism and human free will,…
Am I Free to Pour My Own Coffee?
One rarely needs to argue in favor of free will. “Sir, we know our will is free,…
