American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Disconsolate Philosopher
the making of a philosopher by colin mcginn harpercollins, 241 pp., $25.95 Philosophy is made for man, not…
Constitutional Persons: An Exchange on Abortion
Readers of First Things should by now be well-acquainted with the heated national debate—in part inspired by…
Voting What You Believe
Republicans are the party of the religious, while Democrats are the party of secularists. That, you may…
The Perils of Partisan History
Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth by Stephen F. Knott University Press of Kansas, 336 pages,…
Moral Clarity in a Time of War
In Book Three of Tolstoy’s epic, War and Peace, the hero, Pierre Bezukhov, arrives at the battlefield…
Letters—December 2002
We, the undersigned, are grateful to Darrell Cole for “Listening to Pacifists” (August/September). He writes with charity,…
A Musical Requiem
Timing is everything. To complete his three-year tenure as composer-in-residence with the Pacific Symphony (an ensemble in…
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…
