American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
RJN: On Love & Madness
Here, with thanks to Amy Welborn, a reflection to lift the heart and confirm the will .…
Bottum: Items in the News
Of things to blog about, the world never ceases to supply a sufficiency¯and more than a sufficiency,…
Ruiz: Twelfth Night & the Art of Humiliation
Last week I saw the final New York performance of a Twelfth Night now touring the United…
Oakes: The Body in St. Paul and Benedict XVI
Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have…
RJN: From Borat to Chelsea
There has been a lively discussion among the young folks in the office about the morality of…
Bottum: Waiting and Waiting
At least I caught up on my reading. The seventy-fifth-anniversary issue of Fortune was particularly interesting. I…
Arkes: The Commerce Clause Revisited
In the forthcoming January issue of First Things , I have an analysis of the oral arguments…
Powers: Boomers, War, and Sacrifice
We were walking through Central Park in Manhattan, just south of the Naumburg Bandshell, when we came…
Anderson: What Went Right on Tuesday
I’m no expert when it comes to analysis of political trends, party politics, or electoral strategy. But…
Douthat: Reply to Bottum
In his post on the midterm elections and their discontents, Jody Bottum argues that conservatives haven’t made…
Bottum: This Election Is Not What You Think
Since September 11, 2001¯or at least since the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, and probably since…
RJN: The Debates Rage
You will not be surprised to learn that I am solidly on Ross Douthat’s side in his…
Anderson: The Secret of Embyronic Stem Cells
The truth about the technical challenges and scientific hurdles for embryonic stem-cell (ESC) therapies is finally getting…
Smith: Derbyshire and Darwin
John Derbyshire, the popular writer for National Review Online , recently published a “self-interview” disclosing how and…
RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.
One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…
