American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Stupid Party
One of the reasons intelligent young people are drawn disproportionately to the left in politics is that…
Anthropic Coincidences
How important is the human race in the scheme of things? According to the Epistle to Diognetus,…
G. E. M. Anscombe: Living the Truth
G. E. M. Anscombe, widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, died…
Pride and Patriotism
A great many Americans, especially those of a certain age, cannot hear the German language being spoken—by…
A Candid Word About An Untold Story
A hundred and seventy one thousand is a lot of people. That is how many adults came…
Managed by Care
The year was 1962. My sister was eagerly preparing for the brave new world of junior high.…
Conflicts Foreign and Domestic
Among my earliest political memories are the debates I had as a young teenager with my father…
The Future of the Papacy: A Symposium
In the February issue First Things published the Erasmus Lecture of 2000, “Papacy and Power,” by George…
As the New Millennium Begins
The Public Square At the conclusion of the Year of the Great Jubilee, John Paul II issued…
Letters—March 2001
In “Evangelicals in the Church of Mary” (December 2000), Daniel P. Moloney addresses the problems involved when…
Poetry
Here lyeth . . . (Sarah?) Drake beneath the floor, a Persian carpet lapped across her stone…
Unremarkably Lutheran
When given the option,” Garrison Keillor tells us, “Lutherans will always downsize.” So far as I can…
Papacy and Power
Pope John Paul II’s considerable effect on our times is conceded by admirers and critics alike. The…
Minding the Evangelical Mind
Those of us who call ourselves “evangelical scholars” are accustomed to suspicion from the church and incredulity…
Defining the Humanities Up
Reading a new edition of Allen Tate’s collected essays (Essays of Four Decades, ISI Books, 640 pp.,…
