American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
After Fulton, Religious Foster Care Agencies Still Vulnerable
A distinctive feature of Chief Justice John Roberts’s nearly 16-year tenure on the Supreme Court is a…
The Mess of #MeToo
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Alec Klein joins the…
On Not Being Assimilated
The first six chapters of the Book of Daniel present a narrative theology of resistance. Daniel and…
Pessimism Vindicated
Fears of a Setting Sun:The Disillusionment of America’s Foundersby dennis c. rasmussen princeton, 288 pages, $29.95 The…
The Politics of Belonging
The plight of the British Labour party—which can be found today still licking its wounds from a…
Ambiguously Catholic
Church, Interrupted:Havoc & Hope: The Tender Revolt of Pope Francisby john cornwell chronicle prism, 304 pages, $27.95…
Bonfire of the Verities
The Unbroken Thread:Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaosby sohrab ahmari convergent, 320 pages,…
Father’s Day Hieroglyph
In a wall relief at the shrine of Hathor,goddess of love and joy, Thutmose III,Napoleon of Egypt,…
Letters
Personhood John Finnis’s “Abortion Is Unconstitutional” (April) has already sent shockwaves through the pro-life movement and the…
On Demons
Demons:A Novel in Three Partsby fyodor dostoevsky translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky vintage, 776 pages,…
What Happens in Germany, Revisited
Writing on the quincentennial of the Reformation and its parallels with emerging problems in the twenty-first-century German…
Making the Wrong Kind of Mess
Starting in 2013 and variously thereafter, Pope Francis has called upon Catholics, especially young Catholics, to “make…
The Inner Ring of the Academy
In his 1944 lecture “The Inner Ring,” C. S. Lewis made a profound observation about social exclusivity,…
Abortion and the Eucharist
How should the Catholic Church respond to abortion extremism? Bishop Robert McElroy’s recent intervention in this debate…
Solemn Bromides
It’s a gross understatement to observe that the Trump presidency provoked a surge in the already robust…
