American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Living Communally in God’s Good Creation
I may be somewhat out of step with my fellow Reformed Christians in acknowledging a certain affinity…
Never Mind Le Pen and Macron
Never mind Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron: The real story of the French presidential race was…
Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!
Doctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But that may…
The Nationalism Muddle
When it comes to understanding the divides within the right, I think that some of the labels…
Weaving Chapter 13 Back into Romans
Christians typically read Romans 13 as a stand-alone passage. And it reads pretty well that way—a whole…
Don’t Celebrate Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order
Last week, in a Rose Garden ceremony, President Trump released a much-anticipated executive order on religious liberty.…
No Apology for Nostalgia
Is there any dirtier word than “nostalgia”? The problems with a politics of nostalgia are widely recognized.…
Slouching Toward Vegas
South and West: From a Notebookby joan didionknopf, 160 pages, $21 “There is,” says Don DeLillo, “a…
Goodbye, Left and Right
Flagged down on his way to the polls in a ritzy part of Paris, a French voter…
Killer Show
Thirteen Reasons Why begins just after high school sophomore Hannah Baker has killed herself. Over the course…
Adam Smith’s Civilizing Process
Adam Smith is known as the founding theorist of capitalism. Surprisingly, he agreed with many of his…
“I Just Want Her To Be Happy”
The Science Talent Search is the leading science competition for American high school students. It’s often referred…
Bret Stephens and the Climate Change Center
Bret Stephens seemed to be playing it safe. True, his inaugural column at the New York Times…
The Land of Athanasius and its Lessons
The visit of Pope Francis to Egypt last week (April 28-29) was an act of personal courage,…
Après Gorsuch le Deluge
Did you find the Gorsuch hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee a depressing exercise in political theater?…
