American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Counterculture’s New Mind
The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threat by robert jay lifton and eric markusen basic books,…
The Rational Animal
The Culture We Deserve by jacques barzun university press of new england, 185 pages, $19.95 “I have…
Notes on the Culture Wars
Almost nobody wants to be called a prude and reactionary, a bluenose puritan and spoilsport. It would…
The Death of Religious Higher Education
From time to time, a set of concerns reaches something like a critical mass. Familiar discontents vaguely…
David Byrne and the Curse of Lifestyle
Lately I’ve been noting an interesting linguistic phenomenon: the all-purpose word. You come across it most often…
The New Lapsed
In the aftermath of the victory over Communist domination of Eastern Europe, previously hidden divisions are surfacing…
Islam and Modernity
As Communism loses its menacing posture and its threat recedes globally. Western concentration is beginning to focus…
Capitalism and the Disorders of Modernity
For most people in America, all those not familiar with the complicated ideological positioning on the right…
When Families Fail
Perhaps the most striking feature of our contemporary political landscape is the failure of the tattered labels…
A Jewish Theological Understanding of Christianity in Our Time
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the…
Root Cellar
Moving in the cool cellar gloom Among the dusty bulbs and withered tubers Of last year’s old dispensation, I marveled…
America Through Foreign Eyes
Americans: The View From Abroad by james c. simmons crown, 239 pages, $19.95 A zealous convert once…
Abortion Talk
Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Change by celeste michelle condit university of illinois press, 236 pages, $24.95…
Civility and Permissions
Who has been handing out these permission slips?” asks a writer of our acquaintance. He wants to…
Drugs and the Face of Evil
One of the least understood aspects of the drug problem is the degree to which it is…
