American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
God and Man at Tuscaloosa
A friend of mine, more radical and pessimistic than I, claims that it is illegal to be…
My Mother, the Expert
When I was a sophomore in high school in Colorado in the late 1950s, I was required,…
Allee-Allee-Enfree
Nutshells on patched linoleum,cracks skipped overon the long sidewalk home,hide-and-go-seek gamewe stopped counting. Still sometimes we huntfor…
The God of Abraham and the Enemies of “Eurocentrism”
Half a century ago, on March 9, 1940, with the world collapsing into a war that was…
Capitalism: The Continuing Revolution
When I wrote The Capitalist Revolution five years ago, the word revolution was, of course, intended to…
Man, Woman, and Public Policy
Our topic is sexual identity and the meaning of gender in elite public discourse. Few topics are…
Not a Poem
Old people can’t write poetry. Only those who think and live and feel and praise and swear and fight…
The Economics of Human Freedom
Editors’ Note: The following is a condensation of Centesimus Annus (“The Hundredth Year”), Pope John Paul II’s…
The Paleo’s Paleo
The Conservative Constitution by Russell Kirk Regnery Gateway, 241 pages, $22.95 In the various worlds of American…
The Church Militant
Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention by Nancy Tatom Ammerman Rutgers…
Home Alone: The Plight of Children
When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children by Sylvia Annn Hewlett Basic Books, 341…
Beyond Modernity
After Ideology: Recovering the Spiritual Foundation of Freedom by David Walsh HarperSanFrancisco, 296 pages, $29.95 In this…
The State Casino: Doing Wrong to Do Good
Only a few years ago it seemed that religious and other civic leaders could be counted on…
Aristocrats at Bay
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine Yale University Press, 813 pages, $39.95…
The Fencer
The appearance of perfection: Chiaroscuro come to an August day Wafted by van Rijn. Against the waving sky is the…
