American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Pope and Parliament

The Editors

The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial…

Politics for Losers 

Brad East

In a 2002 essay, Christopher Caldwell—perhaps the premier conservative journalist intellectual writing today—paid a memorable compliment to…

Bari Weiss or Protestant Franco: Which Way, Western Man?

James Diddams

For several years it’s been popular to lament America’s irrevocable slide into the anti-Christian “negative world.” Prognostications…

Mercy, Yes, But Justice Too

J. Budziszewski

Sometimes we hope desperately that our predictions are wrong. Fourteen years ago, I suggested that it was…

Faith in State Politics (ft. Cameron Sexton)

R. R. Reno

In the second episode of While We’re At It, Cameron Sexton joins in to talk about his…

Marcuse, Critical Theory, and the Death of Charlie Kirk

Bradley G. Green

Over the last few years, I have spent a good bit of time reading the early critical…

A Heroic Example

George Weigel

America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard…

He Died with a Microphone in His Hand

Robert Barron

Why has the murder of Charlie Kirk resonated so powerfully through the culture? Is it because he…

Charlie Kirk, Faithful Warrior

Jeremy Carl

I first met Charlie Kirk in 2021, when he was a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute,…

The Epstein Myth

Matthew Schmitz

In March 2005, the Palm Beach police began to investigate whether a fourteen-year-old girl had been molested…

Trump and the Churches

Peter J. Leithart

Politics is important, but it’s not the first thing. What we call politics isn’t even the first…

Reclaiming Time from Work

John M. Grondelski

“Greedy work” is a concept attributed to economist Claudia Goldin, but its intellectual roots can be traced…

Iranian Christians Should Not Be Detained While Seeking Asylum

Matthew Capone

ICE began detaining Iranian asylum seekers after the bombing of Iran’s nuclear refinement facilities on June 22.…

The Therapeutic Subversion of Parental Rights

John M. Grondelski

Is “mental health” the new cudgel by which the state subverts parental rights? Developments on both sides…

What Are We Fighting For?

Christopher J. Motz

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he…