American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Recompense For a Serious Mistake
I won’t venture into classical Roman literature, which is not my forte, but I will say with…
Francis Canavan: A Jesuit for the Confused and Distressed
Fun is Not Enough: The Complete Catholic Eye Columns by francis canavan, s.j., edited by dawn eden goldstein;…
Slapstick Tragedy
I, Tonya is a biopic/mockumentary about figure skater Tonya Harding (played by Margot Robbie)—United States champion in…
On Being Truly Dogmatic
I confess to being not well-versed in Chesterton. I did delve into some “Father Brown” in high…
The Discipline of Truth-Telling
Next week, President Trump is expected to announce his “MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE…
Donald Trump and the Evangelical “Crisis”
Recently, Ross Douthat raised some important questions about the future of evangelicalism in and after the Trump…
