American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Benedict and the Scandal
Writing nearly half a century ago (1970), the Italian Catholic philosopher Augusto Del Noce noted that I…
Math Delusion
Mathematics is useful, and indeed beautiful: the thought of the infinite series of prime numbers is as awe-inspiring as…
A Nation Under God
Our country has a long tradition of official encouragement of religion on a non-sectarian basis. That tradition…
Britain’s Identity Crisis
A revolution is taking place in Britain. Call it populism by default. To outsiders—and many insiders—the political…
Belgium After Danneels
The March death of eighty-five-year-old Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the famously liberal Catholic archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and primate…
Bring Back the Blue Laws
My home state of North Dakota just removed the respirator from a dying vestige of American culture.…
YouTube Revolution
Though I have long and volubly condemned all forms of “web life,” I sheepishly confess to having…
Giving the Boot
The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Rightby max bootliveright, 288 pages, $24.95 Not too long…
Allah’s Mercy and Wrath
God in the Qur’an by jack miles knopf, 256 pages, $26.95 Jack Miles, a former Jesuit seminarian…
His Excellency
American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburghby wilson d. miscamble,…
Briefly Noted
A Catholic Quest for the Holy Grailby charles a. coulombesaint benedict, 264 pages, $27.95 Despite its frequent…
What Arthur Brooks Gets Wrong
Americans aren’t angry, writes American Enterprise Institute President Arthur C. Brooks (Love Your Enemies). When we’re angry,…
A Pro-Natal Proposal for America
Among America’s culture wars—from guns to gay marriage, drug legalization to penal reform—no battle is more emotionally…
Against the Dead Consensus
The 2016 election laid bare profound but long-hidden ideological divisions among America’s conservative intellectuals. Some of us…
The Fraud of Higher Education
In The Republic, Plato’s Socrates tells of a man who lives with a beast. The beast is…
