American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The New Gulags
As a new teacher at Grove City College, I thought it appropriate to start my upper-level humanities…
Men of Lawlessness
St. Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians that the Day of the Lord cannot come “unless the…
Friendship in a Time of Scandal
We embraced twice: once on his priestly ordination day and once on a city street—quick, kind. I…
The Kavanaugh Conundrum
Initially, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh seemed to be a mere barometer, a neutral indicator of the…
Abortion on Trial
Artists these days are required to either be atheists or tacitly agree to not, in Alastair Campbell’s…
Shakespearean Meta-Politics
I take as my text Shakespeare’s Richard III. Shakespeare wrote two tetralogies of English history. The first…
Thoughts on the Instrumentum Laboris
Over the past several months, I’ve received scores of emails and letters from laypeople, clergy, theologians, and…
You Are Peter
You may know this story, but it bears repeating. On October 27, 1984, Cardinal Jaime Sin of the…
A Letter From Young Clergy
This letter to the members of the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational…
Maintenance vs. Mission
Just when the Long Lent of 2002 was coming to a boil in March of that year,…
Europe’s Libyan Battleground
Libya was in the spotlight recently when heavy infighting between militias in Tripoli caused more than fifty…
Wendell Berry Goes to School
Wendell Berry and Higher Education:Cultivating Virtues of Placeby jack r. baker and jeffrey bilbrouniversity press of kentucky,…
Sentiment Without Sentimentality
A Carnival of Losses:Notes Nearing Ninetyby donald hallhoughton mifflin harcourt, 224 pages, $25 Even in antiquity, some…
Saving Synod-2018 From Itself
Anyone looking for a remedy for insomnia might try working through the Instrumentum Laboris, or “working document,”…
We Will Not Yield
In 1977 my parents came to the difficult conclusion that there was no future for them and…
