American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Queen Would Not Be Amused
As one of Queen Elizabeth II’s Canadian subjects, I personally doubt she would approve of the remarks…
So Long, Age of Letters
The other day, I sat down to write a letter to our college-age daughter, who is spending…
Rambling Shambling Brian Doyle
Eight Whopping Liesby brian doylefranciscan media, 192 pages, $18.99 The biographical note at the back of Eight…
Exit Neoliberalism
Exit Westby mohsin hamidriverhead books, 240 pages, $26 In an odd way, Mohsin Hamid’s fourth novel, Exit…
Murderers’ Row, Soviet-style
One hundred years ago, on November 7, 1917, Lenin and his Bolshevik Party expropriated the chaotic Russian people’s…
Thus Saith the Lord
One Sunday in high school, we went to the Anglo-Catholic parish where my headmaster served as an…
The Butcher and Mrs. Bulstrode
Yom Kippur is coming. After forty days of special prayers and reflection, we enter into a day…
Going Out
I was nervous as a child though now I’m not.I used to dream. I used to dream…
Ode to King David
Goliath Picture a twelve-year-oldwith round rocks for his slingfacing the fearsome, boldGoliath. In a ringtwo armies stand…
Jeremiah’s Lament for Josiah
Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah —2 Chronicles 35:25 Weep, oh weep! Josiah’s dead, the child-king…
Roy Moore’s Ridiculous Defense of Marriage
Roy Moore of Alabama is a favorite whipping boy among political elites. Cue the tape of the…
A Right to the Baby We Want
Whenever I write about the underregulated multi-billion-dollar infertility industry, I receive anguished emails from women who can’t…
A Theology of Adoption
Not by Nature but by Graceby gilbert meilaenderuniversity of notre dame, 136 pages, $25 The theme of…
Baskin-Robbins Bushism
We are trapped in a terrible loop. The arrogance, insularity, and solidarity of the elites empowers charlatans…
A Fanatic of the Center
Last week, George W. Bush gave an Obama speech in the key of Reagan. The occasion was…
