American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Politics and the Sacred

R. R. Reno

Bret Stephens recently championed the “classically liberal concept of a neutral public square.” In this issue, Matthew…

How Revolutions End

Dan Hitchens

Anna Młynik-Shawcross didn’t see it coming. “There was definitely a feeling, from the mid-80s, that it was never…

Lessons in Virtue From Apollo 11

George Weigel

Fifty years ago this week, the crew of Apollo 11, the world’s latest heroes, were doing decidedly…

Beyond Libertarianism

JD Vance

This essay is an abridged version of a speech originally delivered on July 16, 2019, at the…

Boris Johnson’s Challenge

Carl R. Trueman

The advent of Boris Johnson as British prime minister has a feeling of inevitability about it. Theresa…

On the New “Nationalism”

George Weigel

Thanks to President Trump’s “America First” rhetoric and the rise of populist-nationalist parties in Europe, there’s a…

The Boris Act

Peter Hitchens

The name of Britain’s new prime minister isn’t actually “Boris.” “Boris” is a stage name, jokey and…

Resurrection in Albania

Benedict Kiely

A visit to Albania today reminds the traveler of the worst of modernity and the fall of…

Reordering the Public Square

Gunnar Gundersen

In the ongoing intra-conservative debates, some have argued that it is the role of government to enforce…

Corporate Power and the Public Square

Pete Spiliakos

Silicon Valley harassment of conservatives is only the beginning of the illiberal left’s march through corporate bureaucracies.…

Vincent Lambert and Relative Justice

Ed Condon

On Thursday, the world was informed that Vincent Lambert had died. He died of starvation and dehydration,…

Of Vincent Lambert and Ethical Rubicons

Wesley J. Smith

Vincent Lambert is dead. The forty-two-year-old Frenchman, who breathed his last yesterday in Reims, didn’t die by…

Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy

Thomas F. Farr

On May 30, a surprise notice in the Federal Register roiled the landscape of international human rights…

Our Pledge to Readers

R. R. Reno

I am delighted to report that our readers once again surpassed our expectations. Our spring campaign brought…

The London Ideology

Dan Hitchens

London is perhaps the most open city in the world—open to the millions who come for the…