American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Bilbao Alone
Some of the sounds here are familiar: Vivaldi plays the same in this language, keys rattle in locks, the…
An Open Letter to the Religious Community
T he signers of this letter have been active for many years in both scholarship and litigation…
History According to the Village Atheist
The Arrogance of Faith: Christianity and Race in America from the Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century…
Saints as Givers, Saints as Guides
Making Saints: How the Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t and Why by kenneth l.…
Left Out
Encyclopedia of the American Left edited by mary jo buhle, paul buhle, and dan georgakas garland, 928…
The Death Watch
The Public Square We need not speculate about what may be down “the slippery slope” on which we find…
An Old Radio in Atlantic City
It drew people to it like a fire,The needle floating up and down its dial,Fishing for the…
When Church-State Conflicts Aren’t
Here is a review in a national publication of a book about religion in American public life.…
Conflict of Canons
In his 1989 novel The Storyteller, Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and erstwhile presidential candidate, describes the Machiguenga, a…
Walker Percy: An Exchange
Joseph Schwartz: Walker Percy’s Wise Answers It is unfortunate that Paul Greenberg’s appreciation of Walker Percy in…
Of Rome and Runnymede
Curious. Why should the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe all see fit to carry the story of the…
Honor in the University
We live in a time when ethics has become big business: medical schools hire medical ethicists, business…
Paraphrase of Some Famous Lines in Spanish Literature
I will become dust and you will become dust and ashes our tongues and ashes our eyes but, ever…
Theology Through the Looking Glass
In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Alice has been having quite a run through the Garden…
Leaping Headfirst Into the Smith Trap
Richard John Neuhaus has joined the chorus of those singing a lament to the death of religious…
