American Politics
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Baseball and Synod 2018
I trust it won’t cause heartburn among the editors of Commonweal if I confess to having cheered…
The HR-ification of the Public Square
Kevin Williamson’s firing from the Atlantic has become that most annoying of cultural metaphors: the Rorschach test.…
A Diagnosis of Moralosis
An odd thing happened in Ireland on Easter Sunday. A politician, a senator who had been chairperson of…
Check the Box and Take the Cash
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is well over halfway through its statutory four-year mandate, and the prime minister…
Roe v. Wade Derangement Syndrome
The defense of the indefensible often leads to a kind of derangement in otherwise rational people. That…
Rebuild Christchurch Basilica
In February 2011, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people and damaging dozens of…
The Sex Education We Need
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexualityby nancy pearceybaker books, 336 pages, $22.99 Love…
Of Books and Baseball
I’m grateful to the editors of First Things for the invitation to take up this column, which…
Adoption and the Firing of Kevin Williamson
I have been following the controversy over the firing of Kevin Williamson from The Atlantic for his…
The Unspeakable Pleasure
Isabelle Robinson describes sitting in the school cafeteria in seventh grade, when a boy threw an apple…
Why Does Religion Need Commandments?
What is the point of the myriad commandments governing every aspect of a Jew’s life? Why does…
Notes from the Sibling Society
The “snowflakes” problem is not really a snowflakes problem: It is the result of an absence not…
A Tradition Unlike Any Other
If you tune in to CBS at 2 p.m. on the second Sunday of April, you will…
Conscience of a Kennedy
A cruel April is at hand for the memory of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Tomorrow…
Diversity and Meritocracy, Together
Do our elite universities prize academic merit? Or are they more concerned to achieve diversity? Most of…
