American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
If … Only They Would Read the Poem
Postcolonial theory—the intellectual rationale for the imperialist imposition of our cultural orthodoxies on all people everywhere—claimed another…
What Bibi and Orban Can Shake On
If a geopolitical observer had predicted a decade ago that Israel and Saudi Arabia would one day…
Poland’s Christian Migrants
Across the West, an electoral backlash against large-scale immigration has contributed to the successes of populist movements…
State of the Nation
Twenty years ago, for the July/August 1998 issue of Books & Culture, I wrote a column titled…
Rejuvenation at Trinity Church
Trinity Church on Wall Street is in the middle of a “rejuvenation” project — so naturally most…
A Caveat on the Great Tom Wolfe
When the great Tom Wolfe died on May 14—he of the white suits, the spats, and the…
This Is England
Over the last four weeks, as the England football team made their unlikely journey to the World…
Choosing to Refuse
Sometimes, digesting the latest news of the unhinging of the world, one is tempted to fall into…
Trump in Britain
For many of us here in Great Britain, the supreme moment of President Donald Trump’s visit came…
Re-Evangelizing Law
In the decades since 1973, abortion law has morphed into a First Amendment issue. Decisive arguments turn…
Unity, Truth, and Catholic Social Thought
Catholic social teaching is Catholic moral teaching; Catholic moral teaching includes Catholic social teaching. It is a…
A Pastor in Full
Almost a quarter-century ago, Fr. Jay Scott Newman, back in Rome to finish a graduate degree after…
Common Prayer, or Predictable Politics?
As Western society continues its relentless purge of the pre-political, the body count keeps mounting. Yesterday’s harmless…
Facebook and Friendship
Several years ago, when one of our sons was in high school and had been on Facebook…
The Real Modern Anti-Semitism
A Brezhnev-era joke asked whether it was a crime to say that the party chairman was an idiot.…
