American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Most Important Thinker We Don’t Know
The Age of Secularizationby augusto del noce, translated by carlo lancellottimqup, 301 pages, $34.95 This spring marks…
Wasted Time
You’d think that after New Year’s boozy kisses, / Back-slapping, and effusions in confetti, / The last…
Viva Cristo Rey!
In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo…
Evangelical Identity in an Age of Trump
With new books rolling off the presses, evangelicals continue to take stock of the age of Trump.…
Letters—January 2018
Protestant Paranoia? R. R. Reno confirms Samuel Gregg’s suspicion that First Things is tempering its embrace of…
Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds
Beyond the window, morning sparrows made / Their song as if the whole world’s goodness paid /…
In Secular Saeculorum
If all the oughts and nots given by God / Are excommunicated from debate, / Except in…
Redemption Camp
The revelation is said to have occurred on Willoughby Street in Ebute-Metta, a slum on the Lagos…
Dispatches from Russia
Some little while ago, I found myself sitting in the grounds of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow,…
Historical Ignorance, Moral Arrogance
My generation tends to think of itself as the first generation to be moral, tolerant, decent, and…
Things Fall Apart
If the past few years are any guide, we’re in for a wild ride in 2018. From…
Bleeding for Britain
I know not how it may be with others, but in Britain it is still rather enjoyable…
Censoring Christmas at the Bus Stop
The Christmas-themed ad proposed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., to be placed on public buses…
In a World of “Authentic” “Journeys,” There’s Always First Things
One of the sad things about writing my annual contribution to the First Things end-of-year appeal is…
Trump is Letting Scientists Play God
President Donald J. Trump could care less about biotechnology. How else to explain his total failure to…
