American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Advent in the Deathworks
Ryszard Legutko observes in The Demon in Democracy that the cultured despisers of religion will not rest…
Russia, Trump, and the Problem of Values
Donald Trump’s friendliness toward Russia has the potential to reshape global politics. The prospect of a closer…
The Crisis of Christians in Egypt
On Monday, December 12, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walked alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros (Theodore) II…
The Persecution of Professor Esolen
Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United…
Crèche Clash
Here’s an update on a story I covered in this space two years ago: the Christmas Wars…
China Rising
I just returned from two weeks touring the People’s Republic of China. The Great Wall, 2,200-year-old Terracotta…
Preserving Limited Government in Difficult Times
Donald Trump’s strong-arming (or bribing) of Carrier into keeping a thousand jobs in the US has scrambled…
Materialist Delusions
“No Need to Fear Russia. The Bear is Broke.” That’s the title of Tim Congdon’s article in…
Requiem for a Despot
Dead at last, dead at last. Fidel Castro has shuffled off this mortal coil, at the age…
Cocktail Theology
A man down the bar from me turned and said, “Is that a costume, or are you…
God Talk
Evenings are when I like to talk to God.I wait all day to watch till He goes…
Shepherd
On clear cold nights when far stars speckle skies& woodsmoke goes straight up & disappearsa dozen constellations…
Gnostic Liberalism
The idea that human beings are non-bodily persons inhabiting non-personal bodies never quite goes away. Although the…
Vulgar Deconstruction
Back in the 1970s, when the humanities still set the intellectual tone for the college campus, it…
Where We Stand
The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church by peter j. leithart baker, 240 pages,…
