American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Abortion and Political Compromise
Roe v. Wade is clearly in for substantial pruning—possibly even an outright overruling—in the near future. Thus…
Feminism and Feminism
We get these letters saying that we should not refer to “radical feminism” since all feminism is…
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: The Corruption of the Would-Be First Estate
The fourth estate now considers itself to be the first estate, and not without reason. In public…
The Rapist and the Virgin
It may just have been a throwaway line, a presumed witticism, to which he gave little thought;…
Naming Good and Evil
Eighty-one years ago, G. K. Chesterton wrote a book entitled What’s Wrong With the World? His answer to…
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 sign / of this man who is not…
Safari
The white man has laid down his burden / in the middle of Broadway / and under…
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…
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…
