American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
California Threatens the Seal of Confession
On February 20, California Democratic State Senator Jerry Hill, whose affluent, liberal-leaning district encompasses the San Francisco…
Redeeming the Time with St. Patrick
Every St. Patrick’s Day, some people insist on repeating “surprising” facts about Ireland’s patron saint. One of…
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice,…
The Most Anti-Christian Country on Earth
The Taoiseach (to outsiders, Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar) recently responded to a call for crucifixes to…
Our Dreyfus Case
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds…
The Least of These
There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would…
The Future of Brexit
After a recent trip to Leicester, England, I glanced at how the region voted in the referendum.…
Trans Men Erase Women
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who is openly lesbian, has been ousted from the board of Athlete Ally,…
Trump Attacks Planned Parenthood
Last week, the Trump Administration enacted the “Protect Life Rule,” which will change Title X regulations to begin…
Living Down Bombingham
Between 1947 and 1965, white vigilantes dynamited fifty black homes and churches in Birmingham, Alabama. On one…
The County Library
In former times it was a simple place,Where one could read without a blushing face,With thickly bound…
The Annunciation II
(To Gabriel) You are much nearer Godthan I, in solitude, withdrawn,can ever hope to be.You are the…
Sentimental Frenzy
On the basis of a sixty-second clip, thousands of prominent Americans rushed to denounce the students of…
An Irish Dante
The Five Quintets by micheal o’siadhail baylor, 381 pages, $34.95 Sartre famously wrote that “hell is other…
Make Dharma Great Again
Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism by rajiv malhotra harpercollins, 488 pages, $26.99 Following the…
