American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Impossibility of “Alt-Right Christianity”
I am not anti-Christian. I’m a Lutheran,” says Hunter Wallace, an alt-right blogger cited in Matthew Rose’s…
How We Normalized Trump
Books could be (and have been) written on the theme of Donald Trump as immoral and demagogic.…
The Burdensome Myth of Romantic Love
A collection of Einstein’s letters auctioned off in 1996 contains a list of marital expectations for his…
Lenten Fasting Biohacks
Would you like your repentance to yield some return on investment this Lent? Perhaps in the form…
Death and Dappled Hope
Promise Me, Dad:A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purposeby joe bidenflatiron books, 272 pages, $27 Many politicians’…
Queen Elizabeth, Woman of Mystery
There are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise, they’re quite important things.” So says Elizabeth II in…
Last of the Pro-Life Democrats Under Fire
And then there were three. That is how many pro-life Democrats remain in the House of Representatives.…
The Carnage of Casual Sex
The identity of “Grace”—the 23-year-old woman whose bad date with P.C. comedian Aziz Ansari became the latest…
Proofs for God in the Pret A Manger Age
Belief in God’s existence is not just a leap of faith; it is a reasonable conclusion which…
The Eschatological Hope of Bearing Children
Stop bearing children.” So says one of a cadre of new environmental voices decrying the dangers of…
The War on the Hippocratic Oath
I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with…
James and Melville, Two American Minds
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Connor GrubaughAssistant Editor Sociologists…
Prisoners Are Not Animals
Last week, Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar was sentenced to 40–175 years in prison for many counts of…
Tom Cotton and the Raging Infants
Indignant anti-Trump liberals are both bold and scared. On the one hand, they make exaggerated and unpopular…
Eight Theses on Sex
First, sex is searching for God. I purposely put this thesis up front, as number one. Sex…
