American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Moral Depravity of Andrew Cuomo & Friends
Writing recently on women seeking the presidency and the “likability” factor in our politics, Peggy Noonan made…
A Gleeful Slaughter of the Innocents
To Bishop Andrew Dietsche, Episcopal Diocese of New York: As an Episcopalian in New York City, I regularly…
Democrats Defending Life
You should know that on January 22, 2019, New York State became the abortion capital of the…
Statement on the New York State Abortion Law of 2019
There has been a dramatic expansion of the abortion regime in New York State. A law passed…
After the End of Sacrifice
Is it possible for a Protestant to be opposed to liberal order? Can Protestantism resist the lure…
Renewing Human Rights
When Eleanor Roosevelt and a small group of people gathered at the behest of the U.N. in…
The Caudillo
Franco: Anatomy of a Dictatorby enrique moradiellosi.b.tauris, 264 pages, $30 Not long after the successful Allied landings…
Confession in America
Confession: Catholics, Repentance, and Forgiveness in Americaby patrick w. careyoxford, 392 pages, $34.95 In the 2013 Joseph…
Bread Eternal
In the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones…
Postnatural Intelligence
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus belongs to the literature of the uncanny. But the young Mary Shelley…
The West Is Stirring
Some people make things happen; some people watch things happening; some people don’t know what’s happening.” This…
The Church’s Bigger Agenda
A number of America’s Catholic bishops care more about the Church’s public image than about the welfare…
The Courageous Honesty of Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels’s long career in journalism included years of service as editor of Commonweal (from which perch…
Excommunicate Cuomo
Calls for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s excommunication have echoed across Catholic social media ever since he signed into…
Bishop Bell Vindicated
I had not thought that victory in a good cause after a long campaign would make me…
