American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Is Churchill America’s Hero? (ft. Sean McMeekin)

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Sean McMeekin joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…

The West Distorted

Sebastian Milbank

G. K. Chesterton’s novel The Flying Inn begins with a strange seaside encounter involving one Misysra Ammon,…

Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?

Edward Feser

Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that the U.S. war on Iran does not, in his…

The Savannah Enlightenment

John Byron Kuhner

In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from…

Trump, Leo, and the Death of Integralism

Stephen Daisley

There is a Yiddish witticism, Der Mensch tracht, un Gott lacht (“Man plans, and God laughs”), and…

Faith-Based Failures

Matthew Schmitz

On January 24, 2025, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff was sentenced to seventeen years in prison for his role…

An American Pope at a Time of War

James F. Keating

When it comes to papal matters in Rhode Island, I am often interviewed on the local news.…

The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV

Dan Hitchens

Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism…

Finding a Pulse 

Michael Hanby

Trueman’s new book, The Desecration of Man, should further cement his authority. It supplements, focuses, and in…

New York Is Bullying Nuns Who Care for the Dying

Brian A. Graebe

New York governor Kathy Hochul recently made headlines for decriminalizing assisted suicide, claiming as motivation her compassion…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

Leonid Radvinsky died on March 20. He was the billionaire majority owner of OnlyFans, an online…

The Sinew of Diplomacy

Patrick Porter

The primal scene of A. Wess Mitchell’s formidable Great Power Diplomacy is a crisis meeting in Sparta…

When Rhetoric Becomes Reckless

Andrew T. Walker

Though it seemed to be an opening bid in a negotiation that, mercifully, ended in a provisional…

What the Wall Street Journal Didn’t Print

George Weigel

On March 21, the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy profile of the pope as its “Saturday…

The Politics of Judas

James S. Spiegel

In this Easter season, we naturally reflect on the passion of Christ, his resurrection, and all that…