American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
An Obituary for the Culture Wars
I returned last Tuesday from a week in Rome, which is always an instructive, and frequently an…
Canon 1398: A Clarification
I wrote in this space yesterday about the controversy surrounding the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI concerning…
Catholic Politicians and Excommunication
Earlier this month, a reporter asked Pope Benedict XVI whether he agreed with the Mexican bishops who…
Donate Now or We’re Calling UPS
As you may or may not remember, last week was Pledge Week . This week (or what’s…
America and Its Dead
You can see them at many grave sites where the War of Independence was fought, and the…
A Day in Chelsea
Francis Bacon once wrote, “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to find talk and discourse; but…
When a Book Reviewer Is In Over His Head
Here’s the latest example of a fascinating, though depressing, cultural phenomenon. A fellow who clearly knows nothing…
Religious Tolerance and the Common Good
This talk was delivered at the Path to Peace Foundation seminar “Catholic Students and the Common Good:…
The Friday Potpourri
Rudy Giuliani and abortion? No big deal. As he told the folks in Iowa, we have to…
A Lutheran Pastor Says ‘Here I Stand’ in Delaware
In Delaware, the state legislature is debating embryonic stem cell research. A copy of some correspondence about…
Jerry Falwell, R.I.P.
What shall we do for a bogeyman, now that our grand old monster is dead? Jerry Falwell…
An Idiot’s Guide to Evolution
The dirty Darwinian secret is now out of the closet: If evolution is true, then it must…
Stirring the Potpourri
Of course, the literal meaning of potpourri is “rotten pot,” but it has come to refer to…
The Pope and the Pop Star
On Saturday, September 27, 1997, during the Twenty-third Eucharistic Congress and as part of pope John Paul…
The Imperial Catholics
More and more often on Catholic campuses, left-wing Catholics are hiding their own ideological preferences behind the…
