American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Miracles of Judas
On a recent Sunday at Mass, I heard again the words of Mark’s gospel in which Jesus…
An Invitation to the Laity
My Fellow Catholics, On July 28, I sent the letter below to my bishop, the Most Reverend…
Sabbath Deification
Israel gathers at Sinai on the third day of the third month after leaving Egypt (Exod. 19:16).…
The Hidden Splendor of the Church
Since June 20, revelations of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of preying sexually on young men, including…
That Most Prophetic Letter
Since Pope (soon to be Saint) Paul VI published Humanae Vitae fifty years ago this week, that…
Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae
July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of…
Promoting Predators
What did the American bishops know, and when did they know it? This is the question everyone…
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…
