American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
China’s Sovereignty Tripwire in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a British city that happens to have an ethnic Chinese majority. It never wanted…
Loyal to Death
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in Historyby richard j. evansoxford, 800 pages, $39.95 Walter Scott once observed that…
Ordinary Time
The tang of juniper, the dew-wet grassThat grabs your ankles, apples for the taking.The haze between the…
An Icon of St. Margaret
This gold and paint on board, the fillet in her hair—I see resemblance, yes, a slantways glimpse…
Against the Open Society
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West by r. r. reno…
They Have the Jobs
How will you improve diversity at our school?” That’s a question often asked in faculty job interviews…
Mid-Century Manhood
No man celebrating his eighty-sixth birthday can avoid thinking about whether he has measured up to the…
Is China a Model of the Common Good?
In 2018, Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, said in an…
Title IX Trouble for Fuller Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary is facing a Title IX lawsuit from a former student, whom Fuller had expelled…
Gay Rights and the Civil Rights Act
The Wall Street Journal gets things exactly wrong in a recent editorial about two important cases before…
The Poets’ Favorite Season
One day in 1956, a poet was sitting at his desk, thinking back eighteen years. On an…
Chick-fil-A Chickens Out
For years, Chick-fil-A has been a useful case study for fusionists and libertarian-minded social conservatives. The company…
The Armenian Genocide Today
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915.…
Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?
November 9 marked the 30th anniversary of the peaceful breach of the Berlin Wall—the symbolic high point…
Joker and Our Crisis of Solidarity
This week, Joker surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, making it the most commercially successful R-rated…
