American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Cyber Self-Harm

Aaron Kheriaty

On August 2, 2013, fourteen-year-old Hannah Smith of Leicestershire, England, hanged herself and was found dead by…

Ireland’s Constitutional Crisis

John Waters

For nearly six years I have been involved in what has seemed a continuous political battle, loosely…

Remembering Zion

Francesca Aran Murphy

I offer a frigid smile any time people go into nostalgic raptures about the benefits of memorizing…

Looking Down syndrome in the Face

J. D. Flynn

Before I met my son Max, I’d never spent much time with anyone who has Down syndrome.…

Homage to Don Briel

George Weigel

In the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out:…

The Link Between Contraception and Abortion

Michael Pakaluk

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

Mary Eberstadt

We’re asked today to reflect on the future of the pro-life movement in an increasingly secular age.…

St. Charles Darwin

Charlotte Allen

Evolution may or may not be a religion, as its critics aver, but it certainly has a…

Purity and Prejudice

Samuel D. James

The sexual revolution has a well-known masculine bias. Though feminists have won real battles, the outcome of…

The Deadly Legacy of Eugenics

Wesley J. Smith

We’ve seen it happen: A new assault on the sanctity of human life appears—say, infanticide being promoted…

How Anti-Trump Intellectuals Help Trump

Pete Spiliakos

John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual…

Bruce Cole: Scholar, Leader, Warrior

Mark Bauerlein

Bruce Cole died on January 8. He was 79 years old.  People know of Bruce because he led…

“Equilibrium” and Ignominy

George Weigel

This past December 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the department of external relations of…

Preparing for Winter

Carl R. Trueman

Last weekend I had the pleasure of lecturing at the American Enterprise Institute’s Values and Capitalism Faculty…

Chronicles as Political Theology

Peter J. Leithart

First and Second Chronicles recount the history of the Davidic kings of the kingdom of Judah. It’s…