American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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,…
Behind the Curtain of Assisted Suicide Advocacy
The United States assisted suicide movement claims that it wants only a limited “reform” of law and…
Decline is a Choice (Partly)
Ross Douthat is right to say that the decline of the Oscars was overdetermined—but the rapidity, extent,…
Holy Madness
Surely somewhere in Emile Durkheim or Max Weber is a reflection on religiosity and March Madness. The…
Liberal Integralism
I’m baffled when people warn of the dangers of “Catholic integralism.” Last year, the Jesuit magazine La…
Learning from the White Rose
Seventy-five years ago last month, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christian Probst were executed by…
Using Christ to Sell Cars
In his brilliant critique of late-twentieth-century American culture, Technopoly, the late Neil Postman described what he called…
Parsing the “T”
About five years ago, a friend took her son with her when she went to a beauty…
Jokers and “Xenophobes”
One of the most infuriating things to happen to journalism in the era of internet media and…
Lent at Planned Parenthood
A few days ago I did something I’d never done before: I joined a group of people…
Poland’s Baby Bump
In 2015, Poland’s conservative Law and Justice Party proposed a plan called “500+ Families,” which would give…
Your Mind Uploaded in a Computer Would Not Be You
Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil. Like a flower he comes…
