American Politics

The March issue of First Things included a Declaration in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration…

A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society by Donald L. Horowitz University of California…

Why America Doesn’t Work by Chuck Colson and Jack Eckerd Word Publishing, 227 pages, $16.99 In Why…

There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…

In A. S. Byatt’s recent novel, Possession, the main character notes that the one unchallenged dogma of his generation…

The American Academy of Religion, in its statement of purpose, calls itself “an inclusive learned society and…

Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics by Suzanne Garment Random House, 335 pages, $23 At…

The Supreme Court is not exempt from the law of unintended consequences. The Court may have anticipated…

Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam: Paladin of Liberal Protestantism by robert moats miller abingdon press, 624 pages, $29.95…

More Americans attend church or synagogue each week of the year than attend professional sports events in…

Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse by Mary Ann Glendon Free Press, 288 pages, $22.95 One…

Just when we were convinced that Newsweek, like its counterpart Time, is an essentially superficial magazine for…

It’s a mild winter evening in the Blue Ridge mountains. The faint sounds of banjo and fiddle…

The Good Society by robert n. bellah, richard madsen, william m. sullivan, ann swidler, and stephen m.…

Today’s women are the victims of the second biggest con game in history . . . .…