American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

RJN: Regensburg, TNR, etc.

Richard John Neuhaus

One of the encouraging developments following Pope Benedict’s lecture at Regensburg University on September 12 is the…

Bottum: On Robertson Davies

Joseph Bottum

Is it just my imagination or has Robertson Davies faded considerably over the past decade? I was…

Miller: Limbo and the Will of God

Robert T. Miller

The International Theological Commission is pondering the fate of children who die unbaptized, with a document expected…

Hylden: An Evening at GTS

Jordan Hylden

Seeing as how I am a new Episcopalian and still learning about my church, I attended a…

Anderson: Marriage Ruling in New Jersey

Ryan T. Anderson

Yesterday’s Lewis v. Harris ruling by the New Jersey State Supreme Court is truly unfortunate. In a…

RJN: Europe, the Founders, and the Archdiocese of New York

Richard John Neuhaus

Jewcentricity is a word that will probably not catch on, but Adam Garfinkle employs it to good…

Stith: Arguing with Pro-Choicers

Richard Stith

Why do many pro-choice people find our arguments against early abortion not just unconvincing but absurd? Consider,…

Anderson: An Archbishop Speaks Out

Ryan T. Anderson

It is always encouraging to see episcopal leadership on the important questions of our day. Particularly heartening…

RJN: Neocons v. Theocons: The Sequel

Richard John Neuhaus

Evangelicals have never forgotten, and for good reason they have never forgotten, that Washington Post story of…

Poetry

Various

The Dead Are With Us The dead are with us when they sing. Though we can’t see…

Hylden: Choosing a College

Jordan Hylden

It begins in earnest when the viewbooks start to come in the mail. Mounds of them, innumerable…

The Truth About Lies

Thomas S. Hibbs

Truth: A Guide by Simon Blackburn Oxford University Press, 272 pages, $25 SIMON BLACKBURN’S ABILITY to be…

Beauty Is as Beauty Does

J. A. Gray

On Beauty by zadie smith penguin, 464 pages, $15 (paperback) In On Beauty, British writer Zadie Smith has…

Public Morality, Public Reason

Robert P. George

A contest of worldviews in our time pits devout Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and other believers against secularist…

America in the European Mind

Thomas Albert Howard

In recent years, there’s been no shortage of commentary on European anti-Americanism and the divide between Americans…