American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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.…
Staircase Over the Void
Thinking Without a Banister sounds like a freethinker’s slogan, a refusal of the supports of authority, tradition,…
A Personal Case for Justice Amy Coney Barrett
It has become something of a ritual among legal junkies and Supreme Court watchers: After nine months…
The Diversity Nominee
In the old days, an unwritten understanding, honored by presidents of both political parties, had it that…
Demons of the Machine
In his preface to Hostage to the Devil, Malachi Martin identifies a condition of the mind and…
Dr. Peterson and the Reporters
One ingredient in the astounding fame of Jordan Peterson is his capacity to show just how lazy,…
Thanks From the Future
You’re the best! First Things readers are intellectually engaged, morally and religiously committed, and very generous. We…
How to Overturn Roe
With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, legal commentators on both left and right speculate that the…
A Better Christian Nationalism
A schism seems to be emerging among Evangelicals, one that may be fateful for the future role…
Overturning Roe v. Wade
More than sixty million abortions have been performed in America since Roe v. Wade was decided in…
Another Pro-Life Victory?
Pro-lifers are celebrating the decision announced by the Supreme Court on Tuesday in National Institute of Family…
