American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Strained Mercy
Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and the Dutch Cure by herbert hendin norton, 256 pages, $27.50 Somewhere…
The Myth of Soulless Women
Josh Billings remarked profoundly that “the trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that…
We’re No. 144
When I came to New York eight years ago, it was a much tougher town than it…
Bad News
In Bob Dole’s remarkably inept campaign for the presidency, he could nonetheless count on one surefire applause…
Can Muslims be Democrats?
Islam and Democracy by john l. esposito and john o. voll oxford university press, 232 pages, $45…
Exorcising Demons
Sin and Censorship: The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry by frank walsh yale university press,…
Consecrating the President
This month a hundred million Americans will watch a United States Supreme Court Justice once again ask…
The End of Democracy? The Judicial Usurpation of Politics
Introduction Articles on “judicial arrogance” and the “judicial usurpation of power” are not new. The following symposium…
The End of Democracy? Our Judicial Oligarchy
This last term of the Supreme Court brought home to us with fresh clarity what it means…
Abortion, Set to Music
Sacred Music of the 20th Century LAL-2001, Life Art, Ltd. 129 Frandview Terrace, Box 300, Lakeside, MT…
Teaching Christian Humanism
Once we’ve denounced the balderdash that all too often passes for teaching in contemporary American colleges, there…
Madison’s Madison
The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic by lance banning…
When Rights Are Wrong
It is common in some circles to say that our legal system worries too much about rights…
The Domesticated Nietzsche
Nietzsche: The Ethics of an Immoralist by peter berkowitz harvard university press, 313 pages, $35 A consensus…
Lost in the Movies
Last year I saw two truly vile movies, Pulp Fiction and Kids. The first turned my stomach.…
