American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The “Medical Conscience” Civil Rights Movement
Until recently, healthcare was not culturally controversial. Medicine was seen as primarily concerned with extending lives, curing…
The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities
Last month, I wrote in the magazine about how the humanities are shrinking at research universities through…
Memory, Identity, and Patriotism
The second volume of my biography of St. John Paul II, The End and the Beginning, benefited…
We Renounce the Old World
What They Saw in Americajames l. nolan, jr.cambridge university press, 2016, 299 pages I was twenty and…
When the F-Word Is Sadly Appropriate
My father—who could swear with the best of them—always told me that use of the f-word was…
I, It, Thou
Martin Buber’s classic I and Thou describes a doubleness in human life that is captured by two…
Summer’s Last Sting
Culture has odd ways of supplying spontaneous correctives, even when the vanguard of a cultural wave or…
Not Dead Yet
Dan Lipinski, one of the last openly pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives, prevailed Tuesday in…
Liberalism as a Virtue
Congratulations to Hallam Willis for winning first place in our third annual Student Essay Contest. Here is…
Learning to Love Our Earthly Home
Congratulations to Trenton Mattingly for winning second place in our third annual Student Essay Contest. Here is…
Italy’s Rebellion
Identity, tradition, and religion have new prominence in Italy after the recent election. The Northern League, once…
Witch Camp
I Am Not a Witch, the brilliant feature debut of Zambian-Welsh writer and director Rungano Nyoni, is…
America’s Quiet Carnage
America is all too content with its carnage. Especially the subtler kinds. Especially the carnage inside. A…
The Abortion Exception
On March 20 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in National Institute of Family and Life…
An Open Letter to Pro-Life Sidewalk Witnesses
Recently, Charlotte Allen recounted her experience as a pro-life witness outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington,…
