American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Editorial: Democratic Waves

The Editors

Democracy is still very much a minority phenomenon among the nations of the world, but it is…

Is Egalitarianism Good for the Jews?

Aaron Wildavsky

Apall hangs over the American debate about equality. It is becoming difficult for people to speak their…

Infernal Counsel

Thomas C. Kohler

Dear Cachexia, Well, isn’t this impressive! You’ve had charge of this patient of yours for just two…

Ideology Therapy

Ben F. Meyer

Wise is he to whom all things taste as they are.—Joseph Pieper The first time the popular…

Man and Woman: An Old Story

Leon R. Kass

Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and…

Transfiguration

B. R. Strahan

The alarm sinks its teeth into my ear. I drag out of our warm bed. Another winter…

The Popes and the Economy

Francis Canavan

Papal doctrine on political economy has long been misunderstood as well as mistrusted among those economic liberals…

The Myth of the Civil War

Matthew Berke

The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on…

Money

William Buege

I It took him 20 years to reach the top,but he made it, CEO, a winner, just…

Gimme that New Age Religion

Charlotte Allen

The Cosmic Self: A Penetrating Look at Today’s New Age Movements by ted peters harpercollins, 221 pages,…

Suffering Humanity

John P. Sisk

Victims and Values: A History and a Theory of Suffering by joseph a. amato praeger, 223 pages,…

Shooting for Moon

Dean M. Kelley

Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon by carlton sherwood regnery gateway, 705…

Trinitarian Morality?

Leslie E. Gerber

Transformed Judgment: Toward a Trinitarian Account of the Moral Life by l. gregory jones university of notre…

New Hope for the Family?

Norval Glenn

Rebuilding the Nest: A New Commitment to the American Family edited by david blankenhorn, steven bayme, and…

Editorial: The Politics of Religious Freedom: A Remedy Reconsidered

The Editors

Many of our readers have been intensely and rightly concerned about threatening turns in the Supreme Court’s…