American Politics

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Sex and Sin in Protestant America

Joshua Mitchell

The now infamous second presidential debate was a spectacle that few decent Americans want to witness again.…

Dirty Hands and Political Despair

Brandon McGinley

John Adams famously wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is…

When Things Fall Apart

Ephraim Radner

Most of the reasoned arguments for Donald Trump follow from larger theories about the demise of our…

Where I Was Wrong Part I: The Filibuster

Pete Spiliakos

Over at National Review, I wrote that we NeverTrump conservatives should start the reconciliation process with Trump…

Changing the Game

George Weigel

For those of us who find it impossible to cast a vote for either Hillary Clinton or…

Never Waste A Crisis

Peter J. Leithart

Michael Moore has the best one-line summary of the presidential campaign. In an interview with Chuck Todd,…

Why do Christians Revere Jerusalem?

Mark Movsesian

It’s perhaps not sporting to mock the New York Times when it tries to address Christianity. Pointing…

Quotidian Wonder

Cassandra Nelson

Zero K by don delillo scribner, 288 pages, $26 In 2013, Jonathan Safran Foer claimed that “Only…

Charisma to Routine

Vincent Lloyd

Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by eddie s. glaude jr. crown, 288…

The Constitution as a Coward’s Shield and a Barbarian’s Rock

Pete Spiliakos

The pseudonymous Trump partisan Decius writes that Donald Trump has mounted the “first serious national-political defense of…

Speaking of “Deplorables”….

George Weigel

You’d think presidential candidates would have learned that shooting from the lip in front of deep-pocket donors…

Trump’s Revolt Against Vows

Alexi Sargeant

In preparation for marriage, I have been reading Fulton Sheen’s classic Three To Get Married, which interweaves meditations on…

On Reading Old Books

Rachelle Peterson

Are the classics outdated? Some think so. “There’s nothing new, no sense of exploration or departure from…

Disraeli’s Romanticism, Trump’s Nationalism

R. R. Reno

The rise of Donald Trump has led me to think again about Benjamin Disraeli, one of the…

The Conservative Lawyers versus the Never Trumpers

Hadley Arkes

Just a month ago, in a harbinger of things to come, the conservative side lost in the…