American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Love Stronger Than Death

Peter J. Leithart

All of us live in hope. We get up in the morning hoping today will be worth…

How One Christian School Addressed Critical Theory

Bradley G. Green

More than twenty years ago, my wife and I helped found Augustine School, a classical Christian school…

Dancing in the City

Elizabeth Bachmann

A stranger stands before you, eyes on your eyes, hand outstretched to your hand, awaiting your response:…

Praying Outside the Abortion Clinic

John Murdock

In secret places they murder the innocent.” I read those words from Psalm 10 outside a Planned…

Philip Jeffery on Made-for-TV Politics

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Philip Jeffery to talk about his article, “Made-for-TV Politics,” from the…

The Substance of a Choice

Francis X. Maier

One evening thirty-one years ago, I found myself sitting in the grimy yellow light of a medical…

Divorce and Dissolution

Richard Rex

The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History by james g. clark yale university, 704 pages, $35…

First Light Last

Paul Mariani

You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it…

For Martha

James Matthew Wilson

Busy with many things, I know you are, And watch you turn away and close the door.…

Against Genius

Ephraim Radner

This is the main road God takes to come to us: our recognition of our own ignorance.”…

The Wrongs of Woman

Matthew Schmitz

The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision by erika bachiochi notre dame, 422 pages, $35 In…

Be Catholic First

Daniel Lipinski

A former colleague of mine in Congress recently told me that he now describes himself as a nondenominational…

The Future ­Remains Open

Dan Hitchens

The Poems (1961–2020)by derek mahonthe gallery, 536 pages, £22.50 Longtime fans of the Irish poet Derek ­Mahon…

Myths and their Makers

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Adrienne Mayor joins…

A Tale of Two Imperialisms

Peter J. Leithart

The Kawaiahao Church in downtown Honolulu was built from coral rock, chiseled by divers from a reef…