American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Married Women and the New York Times
As a general rule, the New York Times tries so hard to discredit Jewish and Christian morality…
On Heresy: A Final Word (Until the March Issue of First Things)
My webposting last week asking whether it is legitimate anymore for Catholics to call Protestants heretics has…
Christ Killers, Dumbed-Down Translations, and How Conservatives Got That Way
I have not yet read Jeremy Cohen’s new book Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from…
A Letter to Tony Campolo
Dear Reverend Campolo, A lot of my friends are big fans of yours, so I picked up…
Struggling Alone
He came out to me in an email. I’ve known him for years, long enough that I…
Evangelicals and the Mother of God
It is time for evangelicals to recover a fully biblical appreciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and…
Sacra Roma
The Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles Viking Adult, 496 pages, $40 We do not read…
Modern Times
A World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent Princeton University Press, 228 pages,…
Response to Oakes on Protestants and Heresy
While I agree with the general sentiment of Fr. Edward Oakes’ observations yesterday concerning the invidious or…
The Hrant Dink Murder and Its Meaning
On January 19, 2007, a journalist named Hrant Dink was shot dead by a seventeen-year-old militant on…
He Who Pays the Piper …
One of the most dramatic stories of religious and cultural change in recent American history is the…
The Journey Home
This evening (Monday) at eight o’clock, Fr. Leonard Klein will be the guest of Marcus Grodi on…
The Brownback Announcement
Last weekend I did something I have avoided doing for years. I went to a political rally.…
The State of Social Conservatism
So what is one to make of the State of the Union address last night? A superior…
RJN: Iraq and Things to Come
I have no privileged perspective on the wisdom or lack thereof in President Bush’s Wednesday night address…