American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Dodging One Bullet, Shot with Another
Poor Tony Judt. The much-published author of such books as Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945…
Dutch Euthanasia
In his book Seduced by Death , Herbert Hendin reported that one reason the Dutch people have…
Briefly Noted 179
My Life With the Saints by James Martin, S.J. Loyola Press, 411 pages, $22.95 An account of…
Letters—April 2007
The Truth About Altruism In his review of The Language of God (December 2006), Stephen Barr seems…
The Argument
Our priest exulted, “How wonderful His ways,” then climbed his pulpit’s Calvary. The tide, lit by the…
Niagara
How slowly the majestic river flows, deceptive in its undulating roll; for suddenly it loses all control,…
Schooling at Home
One morning, as the four children and I prepared to start the school day, I consulted the…
Illiberal Liberalism
Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate by Ronald Dworkin Princeton University Press, 192…
Bashing Darwin, Becoming Catholic
Herewith a peek at a forthcoming installment of “The Public Square” in First Things . Darwin’s Conservatives:…
An Opinion About Opinions
I haven’t figured out whether I agree or not with Robert Miller on the prevalence of genuine…
Plotting Human Rights
“Peace is a communist plot,” Irving Kristol used to observe back during the Cold War. The line…
It’s Not All Relative
As I wrote in this space last week (see here and here ), many Catholic thinkers tend…
Tatian on Death and Immortality
A recent diagnosis of cancer I got late last year, with some subsequent surgery I had to…
The Episcopal Declaration of Independence
Last week, the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops met and let the world know just what they…
Beyond “Beyondism”
I think it was David Brooks who coined, years ago, the term “beyondist.” A beyondist is someone…
