American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Getting Grover’s Goat
Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined…
The Goddess That Failed
“All hail to the Goddess,” chanted the berobed and garlanded women, as they stood in a circle,…
The Pope and the Liberal State
It is not hard to understand why when Centesimus Annus was issued in 1991, its economic teachings…
The New Russian Revolution
Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope, August 1991 by james h. billington free press, 202 pages, $19.95 Anyone…
Scripture for the Gender-Correct
The Women’s Bible Commentary edited by carol a. newsom and sharon h. ringe westminster/john knox press, 396…
The Limits of Populism
Populism and Elitism: Politics in the Age of Equality by jeffrey bell regnery gateway, 202 pages, $21.95…
Getting the Name Right
Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism edited by alvin j. kimel…
A Common Enemy, A Common Cause
On June 24, 1992 the Supreme Court handed down Lee v. Weisman, a decision that declares officially…
Better Than Their Fathers
My fourteen-year-old son has decided he is of the wrong race, culturally at any rate. He wants…
La Belle Tontina
For Nicola I send fond wishes to a horse named TontoAnd you, sweet Nicola, who once was…
An Incredible Lightness of Being
Intellectual Memoirs, 1936–1938 by mary mccarthy harcourt brace jovanovich, 114 pages, $15.95 The novelist and critic Mary…
Remembering Some of the Answers
The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society by arthur m. schlesinger, jr. norton, 160 pages,…
Editorial: Abortion and a Nation at War
Surely, one may devoutly hope, Justice Scalia exaggerates. In his dissent from Planned Parenthood v. Casey (joined…
Tolerance as Catholic Doctrine
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,” wrote Abraham Lincoln. Is there any…
Two Paths to Black Power
The process of nominating and confirming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court served to underline the debate…
