American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The October Issue Has Arrived
The October issue of First Things is out, at last. I’ve spent the morning browsing in it,…
Mother Teresa Remembered
The unfortunate publicity and distortions to the point of calumny that have surrounded the publication of the…
Education and Our Witness to Christ
G.K. Chesterton once described lunatics as people who have lost everything but their reason. What he meant…
Policemen of the World
In the October issue of First Things (which hits newsstands today), I draw attention to the powerfully…
The Pagan West
When it arrived in the world, Christianity announced the end of sacrifice. But in its growth over…
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Astounded as I was by the phenomenal bestselling success of Rhonda Byrnes’ The Secret ¯gobsmacked by the…
Deciding When You Don’t Know for Sure
We are all uncertain about what God wants us to do. That is to say, we do…
The Last Stand of Rowan Williams
Summer is almost over, which for most of us means putting away the beach umbrella and suntan…
God’s Different Warriors
Angry protestors line the sidewalk of a San Francisco street. Behind barricades and a line of policemen,…
Saint Duncan of Wall Street
“What we need is a Saint Duncan of Wall Street.” I heard the phrase echo through the…
Why Do the Heathen Rage?
An extended dialogue between biologist Richard Dawkins and Christian apologist Alister McGrath¯originally shot for Dawkins’ BBC documentary…
Sartre, Legal Scholarship, and Those Troublesome Male Pronouns
I have mentioned before Clive James’ book of mini-essays on intellectuals of the last hundred years, Cultural…
Land of Lincoln: A Review
In the elementary schools of the American Midwest, Abraham Lincoln has always enjoyed a good press. Schoolchildren…
The False Choice Between Development and Daughters
Right now, in almost any corner of the world, a baby girl is being killed just because…
Mugabe and the Churches
Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, claims to be a man of faith¯and with some reason. He…
