American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroad
In October of 2006, William & Mary’s new college president, Gene R. Nichol, ordered the altar cross…
The Closing of the American Mind Revisited
The most recent number of The Intercollegiate Review, published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, features a symposium…
Battles Ancient and New for the Armenian Church
Earlier this month, as it has for many centuries, the Armenian Church commemorated the Feast of St.…
T.S. Eliot, Mother Teresa, and the Children of Darkness
Whatever the merits or demerits of Craig Raine’s new biography, T.S. Eliot , and Terry Eagleton thinks…
The Anglicans: What Happened in Tanzania
“We came very close to separation,” said Archbishop Gregory Venables of this weekend’s meeting of global Anglican…
Cardinal Newman for Ash Wednesday
No theologian working inside the traditions of western Christianity was more sensitive to the rhythms of the…
The Fear of Being Viewed as Insufficiently Progressive
One detects in some quarters a sense of inevitability about momentous changes in the ordering¯or disordering, as…
Was Washington Really a Deist?
As we approach George Washington’s birthday¯so often lost these days in the good shopping bargains of a…
The March Issue Is Here
The March issue of First Things is now available¯at newsstands and here, online, for subscribers. Look, I…
Anglican Storm Clouds
“I fear schism,” Rowan Williams told the BBC , and with good reason. Today the annual meeting…
Are Atheists Victims of Discrimination?
“Are atheists discriminated against in America?” That’s the question a CNN journalist recently asked me during an…
Friends of God
“Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab .…
Prostitutes for the Disabled
Here’s a very sad story from Great Britain . Twenty-two-year-old Nick Wallis suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…
Episcopal Elevation, Pitstick the Theologian, and the Fate of Europe
Some Muslims in America are unhappy with us. And apparently they know something I don’t. This from…
Death on Demand
The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that people with mental illnesses can be legally assisted in suicide.…
