American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Death and Lectures
I’ll be lecturing in Baltimore on Monday, January 29, and in Denver on Tuesday, February 6. You…
Zoos: Not for Children Anymore
Perhaps it is wrong for me to comment about a movie I have no intention of seeing:…
Ambivalence and Resolve About Roe
The most consequential cultural and political event in American history in the past half century was the…
Ruiz: The Southwell Institute
Robert Southwell is perhaps the most famous of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, a young…
Bottum: Who to Reread in 2007
It’s weeks into 2007 already, and I don’t really know what I’m going to read this year.…
Hylden: Duke Deserves a Defense
In my tenure as a junior fellow here at First Things , I’ve done a few things…
Miller: The Church in Poland Steps Up
I wrote in this space last week about how Bishop Stanislaw Wielgus, on the eve of his…
Novak: The Church in Poland
As an American, far away, with a deep love for Poland, my deepest sorrow is felt for…
Bottum: Following Up the Duke Case
College is time for learning things, and there have been several lessons taught by the accusations of…
Anderson: Junior Fellowships
If you’re a young writer or thinker¯finishing your undergraduate degree or graduate program, or heading into the…
RJN: MLK Today
Diverse ways of thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. and the ways in which his day is…
Oakes: The Painted Veil
In this space a couple of weeks ago, Anthony Sacramone rightly scored Alfonso Cuarón’s film version of…
Ruiz: Junior Fellowships
A Week in the Life of a First Things Junior Fellow (Somewhat Condensed and Idiosyncratic) Saturday, 7…
Ference: The Church of Brunch
Not so long ago, Weekend America aired a story on National Public Radio about a fairly new…
Miller: The Wielgus Affair
Back in December, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Stanislaw Wielgus to be the metropolitan-archbishop of Warsaw. News…
