American Politics
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The Threshold of Verse
The Poetry of John Paul II-Roman Triptych: Meditations Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz United States Conference of Catholic…
The Catholic Reform
The Public Square The cover of the 150-page report of the National Review Board (NRB) is deep…
How Richard Rorty Found Religion
Richard Rorty’s Aversion to traditional religion and religious belief is well known. In 2000, for example, he…
When Theology & Rhetoric Embrace
A Tale of a Tub , published anonymously in 1704, was the first of Jonathan Swift’s great…
Hope and Memory: Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“Humanitarian bombs,” “ethical war,” and “surgical strikes””it is Orwellian Newspeak such as this, accompanying recent military action…
Alzheimer’s & Grace
The author of Psalm 71 begs the Lord, “Cast me not off in the time of old…
St. Benedict After September 11
Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre closed his 1981 book After Virtue by posing what might be called the St.…
Art: A New History
Yes, it is possible to write a single-volume general history of art, if you narrow the definition…
Timeless Cities: An Architect’s Reflections on Renaissance Italy
In the moderately memorable 1997 movie The Edge , Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin portray characters marooned…
Gibson’s Passion
From mosaics and music to paintings and plays, the arts have proven to be a mighty vehicle…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
A Jury of One’s Godless Peers
Reading First Things may disqualify you from sitting on a jury, at least if a lawyer decides…
The Family: Discovering the Obvious
For many years now, and often inadvertently, secular as well as religious researchers have been amassing facts…
Children at Risk
At first glance, Hardwired to Connect, the recent report from the Commission on Children at Risk, a group…
The Enemies of Religious Liberty
It is common for religious believers to lament the Supreme Court’s barely concealed hostility to the free…
