American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Catholicism and the American Proposition
The year 1991 marked the centenary of modern Catholic social teaching—the issuing of the encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope…
Repent Ye!
Jesus is coming repent Ye!reads the scrawled signof this man who is not John the Baptistbut who…
Safari
The white man has laid down his burdenin the middle of Broadwayand under the exhausted plane treesblack…
The Education Reform Dodge
Smart Schools, Smart Kids: Why Do Some Schools Work? by Edward B. Fiske Simon & Schuster 303…
The American Battlefield
Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America by James Davison Hunter Basic Books, 416 pages, $25 On…
The Naked Public Square: A Metaphor Reconsidered
Christian groups called “Adventist” trace their roots to 1844, the year that some had fixed for the…
Editorial: What Should We Do About the Poor?
Some will protest that the question posed by that title is outrageously wrongheaded. To ask what we…
Utopian Passions
“Workers of the world . . . forgive me.” —Graffiti on a statue of Karl Marx Moscow,…
How To Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate
The March issue of First Things included a Declaration in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration…
South African Prospects
A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society by Donald L. Horowitz University of California…
Nothing But Muck
Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics by Suzanne Garment Random House, 335 pages, $23 At…
Declinism—and Fall?
Why America Doesn’t Work by Chuck Colson and Jack Eckerd Word Publishing, 227 pages, $16.99 In Why…
The Big Economic Lie
There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…
The RU-486 Icon
In A. S. Byatt’s recent novel, Possession, the main character notes that the one unchallenged dogma of his generation…
What I Saw at the American Academy of Religion
The American Academy of Religion, in its statement of purpose, calls itself “an inclusive learned society and…
