American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Complexities of Morality
Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism by owen flanagan harvard university press, 336 pages, $34.95…
Reviving the Missionary Mandate
The editorial in our May 1991 issue was titled “Christian Mission and the Third Millennium.” It described…
Editorial: What Can Be Asked of a Judge
A number of important questions touching on religion and public life were raised early on in connection…
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,…
The Irrational and the Limits of Human Reason
Pick up nearly any university publisher’s catalogue these days, and you are likely to find more than…
Can Atheists Be Good Citizens?
The question is asked whether atheists can be good citizens. I do not want to keep you…
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…
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…
