American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Just War Theory and Epic Fury

R. R. Reno

The machines of war have sprung into action once again in the Middle East. Bombs are falling…

What the USCCB Gets Wrong About Birthright Citizenship

Michael A. Fragoso

In the wake of the 2007 Supreme Court decision to uphold Kansas’s ban on partial birth abortion,…

Politics of the Professoriate (ft. John Tomasi)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, John Tomasi joins…

How Secularization Happens

Peter J. Leithart

Way back in the day, when Elon Musk stalked the halls of the federal bureaucracy swinging his…

A Declaration of American Dignity

Joshua S. Treviño

The State of the Union message to Congress is mandated in the Constitution. But it does not…

Dimes Square: An Oral History (ft. Nick Allen)

Virginia Aabram Germán S. Díaz del Castillo

In this episode, Sovereign House and Reign founder Nick Allen joins Virginia and Germán to discuss Dimes…

Ralston College’s Human Endeavour (ft. Stephen Blackwood)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Stephen Blackwood joins…

A Critique of the New Right Misses Its Target

Robert Bellafiore

American conservatism has produced a bewildering number of factions over the years, and especially over the last…

Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business

Joshua S. Treviño

"In a second Trump term,” said former national security advisor John Bolton to the Washington Post almost…

A Commitment to Remembrance (ft. Andrew Zwerneman)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Andrew Zwerneman joins…

How Hipsters Gave Us Trump

Matthew Schmitz

Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was powered by its embrace of the white working class. It also…

Tim Walz’s K–12 Racial Ideology Regime

Katherine Kersten

President Trump has flooded my home state of Minnesota with investigators and law enforcement agents to address…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

January 8 marked the seventeenth anniversary of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus’s death. We owe the existence of…

The Case of the Missing Mayor

John Ketcham

On January 1, newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a solemn vow to his constituents: “I promise…

The Limits of Universalism: An Exchange

David Novak Glenn C. Loury

As an American Jew and close friend and colleague of Robert George, it is easy for me…