American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Long Work of Restoration
What Really Matters:Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Familyby timothy goegleinwith craig ostenfidelis publishing, 264 pages,…
John Paul II and America
When he was elected bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather…
How Democrats Turned on Religious Freedom
Today’s Democratic Party rejects the central claim of the Declaration of Independence—that inalienable rights are given by…
The Peace We Can Make
Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about…
How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families
Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15…
Hochul’s Tax Credit and the Fight for Catholic School Choice
Give credit where it’s due. That’s the message New York governor Kathy Hochul seems to have embraced…
Liberalism Is Christianity’s Prodigal Child
Something of a shift in the landscape is signaled when a press like Polity releases, almost simultaneously,…
The Pope and President Tangle
In April, the Holy Father and the president of the United States traded barbs. The proximate cause…
Letters—June/July 2026
The sentimental images painted of proud, tight-knit communities slowly crumbling away are compelling, but I have to…
Briefly Noted
What if Flannery O’Connor had been forced to live through Australia’s COVID-19 lockdowns and its surrounding political…
While We’re At It
In Palm Sunday reflections posted on his website, Coram Fratribus, Bishop Erik Varden observes: In the Saint…
Abortion Pills Head to the Supreme Court
Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle…
Justice for Alito (ft. Mollie Hemingway)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mollie Hemingway joins…
The Education of Cole Tomas Allen
The most terrifying and telling contemporary piece of American writing is about a thousand words long. It…
How the SPLC Got into America’s Classrooms
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted for a variety of crimes. To laymen, the…
