American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
To Beginning Law Students
Regardless of what each of you has come to law school to do, allow me to suggest…
Orestes Brownson and the Truth About America
If you attend Mass in the crypt of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University…
Halfway Through the Hail Mary
A Methodist friend of mine has always been puzzled by the emphasis Catholics place upon ready-made prayers.…
Ivan Karamazov’s Mistake
It is has become commonplace to regard Ivan Karamazov’s “Legend of the Grand Inquisitor” as a prescient…
Celibacy in Context
It seems that the one thing everyone knows about the Eastern Churches is that “they have married…
Dakota Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was always tense while I was growing up, and I don’t know why. Christmas, now”Christmas was…
No End in Sight
Only two more Left Behind books to go and we’ll finally know how the world ends. I…
Proselytizing for Tolerance
Part I: Paul J. Griffiths Proselytism is a topic enjoying renewed attention in recent years. This is…
The Hour of the Laity
Throughout the twentieth century, leaders of the Catholic Church implored lay men and women with increasing urgency…
While We’re At It
• In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, federal agencies, the Red Cross, and various charities granted…
Political Blasphemy
It lasted but a moment, but while it lasted it was political theater to be relished. The…
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know it is a fact, but it is nonetheless hard to picture: had he lived, Martin…
Seeking a Better Way
We may not have seen anything quite like this since Europe in the eighteenth century. In Tulsa,…
Who Needs Purgatory?
I commend Jerry L. Walls for his examination of the issue of purgatory from his own Wesleyan…
Antonin Scalia and His Critics: The Church, the Courts, and the Death Penalty
In his article “God’s Justice and Ours” (FT, May), Justice Antonin Scalia states correctly, I believe, that…
