American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Freedom and First Things
What is the mission of First Things? We have a stock answer: To advance a religiously informed…
Solzhenitsyn’s Prophecy
Versions of these remarks were delivered this spring at the commencement ceremony for the Mount Academy of…
Monkeying with Monogamy
If you want a template for enlightened sexual mores, look to our ape ancestors—at least that appears…
Atheists and Their Beliefs
Like Twain, Gandhi, and Einstein, Chesterton is misquoted almost as often as he is quoted accurately. One…
Craving Approval Isn’t Evangelization
The bizarre comment and the weird gesture have not, until recently, been associated with high-ranking churchmen. Both,…
Conservative Jurisprudence Resorts to Relativism
Jack Phillips is the now-famous owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, the baker who in 2012…
The Supreme Court Punts
The outcome of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission didn’t surprise me. Our political emphasis on…
Covering Antietam
On October 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln met with General George B. McClellan near the site of…
No Victory for Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is the latest Supreme Court intervention in the American culture…
Italy Challenges the Postwar Order
Italy’s new government represents the most radical challenge yet to the order that has dominated Europe since…
Dem Bones
Ossa Latinitatis Sola ad Mentem Reginaldi Rationemque: The Mere Bones of Latin According to the Thought &…
Mortal Frames
A Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Lifeby ephraim radnerbaylor, 304 pages,…
Nuanced Patriotism
I love my country – I fear my government. I first saw that mantra as a bumper sticker…
The Savor of Science
Can people who are not scientists find a path to God through casual study of the physical…
Learning From Luther
The Making of Martin Lutherby richard rexprinceton, 296 pages, $27.95 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of…
