American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Sympathy For the Devil
The opening moments of the 2010 film Devil feature an aerial camera shot gliding in toward the skyline…
How Women Made the Moral Case For Suffrage
On this day, designated Equality Day in 1971, our nation officially celebrates a century of women’s suffrage.…
The night my friend confessed her sins over the phone
She told me that she wanted to be holyBut everything she saidSounded like she wanted to be…
From Sirens to Song
At first, I didn’t notice the sirens. As a medical doctor, I’d grown used to electronic distress…
Children’s Books and the Christian Story
It is one thing to talk about the Resurrection. It is quite another to see the Easter…
The Mirrors and the Smoke
The Mirror and the Lightby hilary mantel henry holt, 784 pages, $30 The arrival of this final…
My Time in Prison
There is a lot of goodness in prisons. At times, I am sure, prisons may be hell…
Inniswood in September
The forest still is rich, if not as green,As flecks of gold and umber decorateThe canopy, and…
Another Narrative
In the early ’70s, one of my mentors at the University of Chicago told me there was…
Events Roundup—7.28.20
Online 2020 National Conference: From Wonder to Wisdom—at School & at HomeWednesday & Thursday, July 29-30Moved online,…
Honoring the Elderly
COVID-19 has killed nearly 150,000 Americans, and about half of them were residents of nursing homes and…
Against Self-Promotion
Humility is an underrated commodity in our society. Politics, business, entertainment, the academy, and even the church—they…
In Defense of King Louis IX
The current iconoclastic moment in the U.S. has taken an odd turn here in the city of…
A Godless Great Awakening
Why did millions of Americans don surgical masks, insist on an inviolable national quarantine to keep death…
A Time for Catechesis
In my last article for First Things, I commented that the speed of cultural change, combined with…
