American Politics

Alexis de Tocqueville was born in 1805, traveled across the United States and some of Canada for…

An issue that is fast heating up and requires discerning moral judgment, although it will more likely…

Just now, as Islamic nations wrestle both with new theoretical ideas and new public policies concerning religious…

“Did the United States really have a beginning that can be called its “Founding”? Can any society,…

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I have over the years discussed it with numerous…

The Huge Event of the Week, February, 20-25 An ominously huge event overshadows reality this week, and…

Elizabeth Bumiller, in the February 6 issue of the New York Times , reports on a speech…

There are many things that need to be said about the Muslim reaction to those cartoons in…

These are troubled times for Jewish-Christian relations. In November, two influential American Jewish leaders, representing large swaths…

Promising and the Good by Guy Mansini, O.S.B. Sapientia, 173 pages, $21.95 Why do people today seem…

Theorists of public morality—from the ancient Greek philosophers and Roman jurists on—have noticed that apparently private acts…

The current issue of the Weekly Standard carries an essay about the curious role Catholicism is playing…

The village atheist usually challenges believers in Providence to answer a couple of devastating questions. One of…

Say the word prudence to the ancients, and you would have named a virtue. Say it to…

One often hears it said that modern science has adopted a methodology that takes no account of…