American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Expanded Abortion Pill Access Puts Death in Women’s Hands
Can Trump be trusted on abortion?” I wrote in these pages last fall. One year later, the…
Third Ways and Other Ways
Charlie Kirk’s assassination has fired up a long-standing evangelical wrangle about “third-wayism.” Keen to avoid being boxed…
Charlie Kirk, Christian Vitalist
The Christian norms that once underwrote America’s liberal democracy have eroded. This “great unraveling,” to borrow James…
Technological Nationalism
Some years ago, I was visiting an acquaintance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had a few friends over…
An Important Civics Lesson, Well Taught
The permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., includes original copies of…
Tyler Robinson and the Violence of Porn
Multiple media outlets have reported that Tyler Robinson, the alleged murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was…
Faith Returns to the Public Square
Pastors, pundits, and politicians gathered in Phoenix last Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk. Seventy thousand people filled…
How Sen. Durbin Shifted on Abortion
On January 17, 1982, a young and not-yet-elected Richard J. Durbin served as the master of ceremonies…
Pope and Parliament
The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial…
Politics for Losers
In a 2002 essay, Christopher Caldwell—perhaps the premier conservative journalist intellectual writing today—paid a memorable compliment to…
Bari Weiss or Protestant Franco: Which Way, Western Man?
For several years it’s been popular to lament America’s irrevocable slide into the anti-Christian “negative world.” Prognostications…
Mercy, Yes, But Justice Too
Sometimes we hope desperately that our predictions are wrong. Fourteen years ago, I suggested that it was…
Faith in State Politics (ft. Cameron Sexton)
In the second episode of While We’re At It, Cameron Sexton joins in to talk about his…
Marcuse, Critical Theory, and the Death of Charlie Kirk
Over the last few years, I have spent a good bit of time reading the early critical…
A Heroic Example
America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard…
