American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Deep Thoughts from Senator Edwards
Senator John Edwards has offered us a reflection that gives us a glimpse of his hidden theological…
The Universe and I
So my wife and I were moving and wanted to dispose of some bookcases that were past…
Prosing About the Web
Writing on the Web good not is. Too fast, it move. Too quick, it change. And telegraphed…
Zinovy Zinik and “The Solzhenitsyn Reader”
In May 1982, the Russian Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn took time off from his work on The…
Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
U2 rock star and humanitarian Bono has come in for some recent criticism. According to Advertising Age…
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Varieties of Religious Certitude
In a recent essay in the Times Literary Supplement , Steven Weinberg suggested that the reason the…
Humanism and Health Care
I got a letter, a signed letter, from Senator Barack Obama the other day¯me and several million…
Christianity Is an Enemy That Gives Hedges Meaning
The audience was shocked. Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize¯winning reporter, delivered a Princeton University lecture on the…
Harvey Cox’s Secular City
In the next few days (March 19), Harvard theologian Harvey Cox will be celebrating his seventy-eighth birthday.…
Moderate Muslims, the Writing of History, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
I see that Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali has made it to the bestseller lists. Hirsi Ali,…
The Youthful Shepherd
A youthful shepherd, wandering and feeling / far from his heart’s content, goes sad and lonely...
Render Unto Atatürk
When thousands of furious Muslims rallied in the streets of the West Bank, Pakistan, and Indonesia to…
Who Is Harry Sylvester?
If the Ministry of Truth had devoted their full attention to obliterating the memory of Harry Sylvester,…
A River Runs Through It
David Brooks once offered an explanation for an editorial job he held¯one of those jobs where you…
