American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

On Overruling Roe

Hadley Arkes

It is very much in the air now, with a deep hope on one side and a…

Doubting Thomas

Edward Feser

The Failure of Natural Theology:A Critical Appraisal of the Philosophical Theology of Thomas Aquinasby Jeffrey D. JohnsonFree…

Remembering Orchestra Hall

Timothy Jacobson

Going to a concert, like going to church or a nice restaurant or traveling on a plane…

Saved by Books

Joseph Epstein

Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generationby…

Tradismatic Trentecostalism

Clement Harrold

Steubenville, Ohio, home to Franciscan University, is a small city on the banks of the Ohio River…

Insider-Outsiders

Joseph M. Keegin

The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Studyby Stefano Harney and Fred MotenMinor Compositions, 166 pages, $24 Whatever…

Letters—March 2022

Various

Union and Absolution Mark Bauerlein, in his insightful piece “A Less Perfect Union”(January), states that the “Southern…

St. Anthony and the Lost Wedding Ring

John Soriano

n When I got the call in July 1993 that Dad had been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM),…

How Legalized Bribery Stole Your Freedom

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Philip Hamburger joins the conversation…

The Psychology of Religious Ritual

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David DeSteno joins the conversation…

Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation

Victor Lee Austin

My wife used to say that the feast of the Presentation, or Candlemas, was the deadline for…

Cosmology and Creation

William E. Carroll

In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1951, Pope Pius XII remarked that “true…

Workism Isn’t Working

Michael Toscano

Workism is a new word, and it’s a good one. It captures the spirit of our elites,…

The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism

Aaron M. Renn

American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly…

Sondheim’s Cynicism

Peter Tonguette

When Stephen Sondheim died in late November at ninety-one, the eulogies, tributes, and bouquets from critics and…