American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Closing of the German Mind
The Seduction of Culture in German History by Wolf Lepenies Princeton University Press, 270 pages, $24.95 In…
RJN: On St. John and Mormons
With stunning abruptness we’re jostled from the Christmas Mass (the Christ Mass) to the feast of St.…
Bottum: Lawyers and the Life of the Mind
Are lawyers intellectuals? They’re smart, certainly, as a class, and they work primarily with their minds. But,…
JB: Duke University Rape Case
In response to last week’s news that the Durham prosecutor has finally dropped the rape charges against…
RJN: O Come Let Us Adore Him
“I don’t know why he has to spoil the season by bringing that up. For him every…
Linton: Messiahs for This Christmas
Which Messiah ? It’s not a theological question; it’s a question about what to listen to when…
RJN: A Few Items …
Herewith a few items, definitely not in order of importance: “Group invites world to come together for…
Bottum: Housekeeping
If you look over at the top of the lefthand column, here at the First Things website,…
Bottum: Christmas in New York
Another Christmas Rerun ¯this one from the new December issue of First Things . Shouldn’t you be…
Anderson: Peter Singer’s Animals
Animal-rights activists are up in arms about a recent statement by Peter Singer¯a bioethics professor at Princeton’s…
JB: A Christmas Carol Revisited
Another in our series of Christmas Reruns ¯writings on the season from our authors through the years.…
Bottum: PS Christmases Past
Another in our series of Christmas Reruns ¯ writings on the season from our authors through the…
Ruiz: Jesus, Manly Man
“Manliness is next to godliness,” ran the Los Angeles Times headline on December 7. The article examines…
Bottum: Comfort and Joy
A second in our series of Christmas Reruns ¯writings on the season from our authors through the…
Novak: In Praise of Jeane Kirkpatrick
Aristotle wrote that the criterion of good moral action is not a principle or a law so…
