American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Consent and Louis C. K.
Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Al Franken, and plenty of men who aren’t famous…
The Roy Moore Train Wreck
Back when he was the favorite to be the next senator from Alabama, Roy Moore liked to…
Evangelicals and Orthodox Together
Earlier this month, I moderated a panel at Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center on the nascent…
Russian Alchemy
Ours is an ideological age. War, revolution, and terrorism are lit by ideas. Majorities regulate speech and…
The Promise and Limits of Covenant Polity
Liberal order is under siege. Populist and nationalist movements in the U.S. and across Europe challenge the…
The Academic Advantages of the Bible
For years, Christians have asserted that the removal of the study of the Bible from public school…
Christian Freedom
Earlier this year, when the British MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told an incredulous TV presenter that he objects…
A Harvest of Witnesses
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus is a crafty and deceitful king, condemned by Zeus to roll a huge…
An Exercise in Thoughtless “Theology”
In July, Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, and Marcelo Figueroa, a Presbyterian pastor and editor…
Alice’s Oxford
Here comes another atheist children’s book by Philip Pullman, and I bet it would not get half…
Attacking the Ties that Bind
Like everyone else, I have been pondering the recent “senseless” slaughters in places as disparate as Sandy…
The Godless Nursery School
Hell hath no fury like secular parents in one of America’s most expensive zip codes when they…
Against Princeton
The urgent message hit my inbox yesterday. It was from Kim Benston, the president of my alma…
Better, More Inclusive Parties
Jay Cost is right to say that America needs stronger political parties. He is wrong to suggest…
Commie Comedy
Comrade Detective, a new Amazon miniseries, is a spoof wrapped in a parody wrapped in a satire.…
