Takeaways From Election Night 2020

by R. R. Reno

The election seems to vindicate the basic proposition of today’s “populism.” Continue Reading »

4 Nov 2020

Trump, Biden, and Religion in American Politics

by Carl R. Trueman

In future, could American politicians please keep religion out of their platforms and propaganda? Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2020

Of Course We’re Not a Democracy

by Mike Lee

Our system of government is best described as a constitutional republic. Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2020

Baseball’s Beginnings

by John Wilson

In 2020, we are not that far removed from the early era of professional baseball in America, no matter how much the game has changed over the decades. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2020

Lamb to the Slaughter

by Samuel Goldman

George Frazier had a story about the first time he met John O’Hara. The journalist and clotheshorse Frazier was introduced to the novelist O’Hara while hanging out at a Greenwich Village jazz club. The famously cranky O’Hara looked Frazier up and down before inviting him to have a drink. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2020

September 11, 2020

by R. R. Reno

I put on a dark suit this morning, something somber for this day of remembrance. Continue Reading »

11 Sep 2020

Restoring American Statuary

by Catesby Leigh

If the White House manages the creation of the recently mandated National Garden of American Heroes thoughtfully, its value could run deeper than our political fault lines. Continue Reading »

10 Aug 2020

Christian Nation, Yes and No

by Peter J. Leithart

From G. K. Chesterton to Sidney Mead to Robert ­Bellah and beyond, observers have noted that America is a “nation with the soul of a church.” No one, however, has yet attempted to assess the latest manifestation of this fusion of Christianity and nationalism. Taking America Back for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

All Will Be Well

by Larry Smith

Love surrounds us, among friends and in families, and in countless kindnesses. Continue Reading »

15 May 2020

How to Lose a Cold War
(and Why)

by Matthew Schmitz

North by Northwest’s style is so impeccable, its tone so effervescent, that many viewers fail to grasp the film’s seriousness. Ernest ­Lehman, the screenwriter, did not help when he described the film as an insubstantial caper in the vein of James Bond, “something that has wit, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020