American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Remembering Zion
I offer a frigid smile any time people go into nostalgic raptures about the benefits of memorizing…
Looking Down syndrome in the Face
Before I met my son Max, I’d never spent much time with anyone who has Down syndrome.…
Homage to Don Briel
In the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out:…
The Link Between Contraception and Abortion
I call the link between contraception and abortion an unpleasant fact, not only because both are unpleasant…
Why the Pro-Life Movement Will Live Long, and Prosper
We’re asked today to reflect on the future of the pro-life movement in an increasingly secular age.…
St. Charles Darwin
Evolution may or may not be a religion, as its critics aver, but it certainly has a…
The Deadly Legacy of Eugenics
We’ve seen it happen: A new assault on the sanctity of human life appears—say, infanticide being promoted…
Purity and Prejudice
The sexual revolution has a well-known masculine bias. Though feminists have won real battles, the outcome of…
How Anti-Trump Intellectuals Help Trump
John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual…
Bruce Cole: Scholar, Leader, Warrior
Bruce Cole died on January 8. He was 79 years old. People know of Bruce because he led…
“Equilibrium” and Ignominy
This past December 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the department of external relations of…
Preparing for Winter
Last weekend I had the pleasure of lecturing at the American Enterprise Institute’s Values and Capitalism Faculty…
Chronicles as Political Theology
First and Second Chronicles recount the history of the Davidic kings of the kingdom of Judah. It’s…
Light from Dirty Harry on Biblical Morality
Our English word “hypocrite” comes from the Greek for a stage-actor, hupokrisis. Does it follow that acting…
Millennials Strike Back: An Esoteric Reading of The Last Jedi
The new Star Wars movies start where, forty years ago, the original began. Despite the triumph at…
