American Politics

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Porn for the Privileged

Melinda Selmys

Years ago, when I was a young radical feminist, I recall marching in the annual Take Back…

“What About You?”

William Doino Jr.

Of all the speeches Pope Francis recently delivered in America, among the most inspiring was one highlighting…

Francis and the Bishops

Nathaniel Peters

A Catholic bishop recently became the first member of the hierarchy known to have met with Kim…

Waiting for Superwoman

Pete Spiliakos

Carly Fiorina’s fierce and passionate attack on Planned Parenthood’s fetal organ harvesting operation has gotten praise from…

Transgender Delusion

Richard Corradi

Human nature does not change. Despite our postmodern sophistication and our wishful thinking about perfectibility, our nature…

Mother Church or Uncle Sam

Kevin D. Roberts

Wyoming ­Catholic College, of which I serve as ­president, recently ­determined that it has a duty to…

Deutsche Kirche, Inc.

Hans Feichtinger

In the run-up to this fall’s Synod on the Family, we’ve been hearing a lot from the…

Letters

Various

No Discipline I am writing to express my shock and disappointment at the profanity in the article…

Rules for Being an Altar Boy at Saint John Vianney Parish for the Liturgical Year 1964

Brian Doyle

If you have to sneeze on the altar do so quietly and turn Your head away from…

Lessons from the Rough Rider for Today’s Political Ruffians

George Weigel

Sitting at a writing-desk in the White House on December 11, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt was an…

A Guide Through the Thicket

Jordan Hylden

Renewing Moral Theology: Christian Ethics as Action, Character, and Grace  by daniel a. westberg ivp academic, 281…

RSVP “No” to Suicide Party

Wesley J. Smith

Back in 1991, I received an invitation to a party. My elderly friend Frances wanted to die.…

Assembling An American Majority

Pete Spiliakos

Liberals are confident that they own the future, but conservatives have a chance to shape a better…

The Myth of America’s Religious Founding

Mark David Hall

Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding  by Steven K. Green Oxford, 312 pages,…

Popes in These United States

George Weigel

The history of popes in these United States is full of surprises. And one of them, to…