American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Jews and Compassionate Conservatism
Since September 11, President Bush has placed much of his domestic policy agenda on hold. Yet we…
Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development
According to John Henry Newman, whose two hundredth birthday we celebrated in February 2001, Christianity came into…
The Indulgence Controversy, Again
Most Protestants may not be able to give a precise explanation of the doctrine of justification or,…
Passion Stomp
The ovation at the close of its premiere in Stuttgart was so raucous that people out on…
In a Time of War
This is war. Call it a sustained battle or campaign, if you will, but the relevant moral…
A Lethal Evolution
It started with a headache. It ended with a shocking death, a devastated family, a tarnished reputation…
September 11–Before and After
The Public Square September 11. This is written the day after, just under the deadline for this…
Darwin and the Descent of Morality
An important part of the current controversy over the theoretical status of evolutionary theory concerns its moral…
Memento Mortimer
Many years ago Mortimer Adler took me to lunch at Antoine’s in New Orleans and introduced me…
Going to Pot?
It is safe to say that at some point in the not-too-distant future, America will confront the…
Pilgrim Meets Compassionate
(with apologies to John Bunyan) Idreamed that when Amoralist saw that he could neither make Pilgrim turn…
American Satyricon
We live in what we like to think of as a very sophisticated society. International commerce keeps…
Evangelical and Catholic Together?
Among the many (of course) excellent items in this issue, there is Ralph Wood’s thoughtful and intelligent…
Letter From Ukraine
There is one remaining institution of the old Tsarist empire of the Romanovs: the Patriarchate of Moscow.…
The Names of Love
Plato was no friend of safe sex, and latex would not have changed his mind. In his…
