American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Revoice and a Vocation of “Yes”
At the end of July, in a barely air-conditioned Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Missouri, beneath soaring…
Intrinsic Evil and McCarrick
Imagine that a depraved tyrant is oppressing your country, driving its citizens into misery. You have the…
Cardinal Dulles’s Dubia
Let us allow another cardinal to be, in effect, the author of several dubia. Writing in First…
The Job of Ultimate Observer
The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)by errol morrisuniversity of chicago press, 192 pages, $30 Suppose that…
Pope Francis and Capital Punishment
In a move that should surprise no one, Pope Francis has once again appeared to contradict two…
Fridays Without Charles
Take my word for it: You don’t want to be around me at breakfast. I am not…
Historical Markers
My father stopped at every one of them,A need to know that drove us nuts and slowedOur…
Aristotle Returns
Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science edited by william m. r. simpson, robert c. koons, and nicholas j.…
Pagan Piety
Pantheon: A New History of Roman Religion by jörg rüpke translated by david m. b. richardson princeton,…
On the Baptism of Our Second Granddaughter
“And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart…
CoWo, NoGrow
Back in 1998, at a theological conference, I heard a pastor (we’ll call him Pastor V.) of…
Liturgy and Laity
Una Voce: The History of the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce by leo darroch gracewing, 504 pages, $35…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2018
Marian Controversies In his review of my book, Mary and the Art of Prayer, Nathan Ristuccia (“Our…
Steven Pinker’s Muscular Secularism
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progressby steven pinker viking, 576 pages, $35 Steven…
Standard Procedures
I am standing in the waiting room of the ultrasound clinic, speaking with my doctor on the…
