American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Kim Davis and the Mess She’s In
Once upon a time I was a sworn officer of the State of Kansas, occupying a statutory…
Kim Davis’s Conscientious Decision
I’m sympathetic to Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who has stopped signing marriage licenses. In…
Scott Walker and the Bubble
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s transition from state to federal politics has been bumpy, but it is indicative…
Conservatives Confront Anti-Intellectualism
The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism edited by Mark Bauerlein…
The Pope’s Visit
When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than…
Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum
Decadence: A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay. The…
The Republican Establishment and Trump, Hubris and Nemesis
There is a chasm that separates right-leaning voters (a group that is larger than the conservative “base”)…
A Royalist and Whig Revolution?
The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding by Erik NelsonBelknap, 390 pages, $29.95 It was appropriate…
Among the Rootless
In a speech delivered in October 2014, David Brooks offered a fanciful contrast devised by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik…
Pauline “Demolition”
We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby—a real one, with cars, and…
Reflections on Planned Parenthood and Cecil the Lion
Killing has dominated the news for the last few weeks. An angry debate has raged juxtaposing the…
The Real Story of the Summer
The Planned Parenthood videos are a far more important story than the Donald Trump nonsense. Whether by…
The Passing of the Voting Rights Act
In 1965, the U.S. Congress made a seismic decision. Faced with the disenfranchisement of black voters on…
The One and Only Culture War
Last month, David Brooks published a column titled “The Next Culture War.” In it, he offers public-relations…
The Calling
You will see again through the prism’s rainbow through the lighting sky in horizon’s turning rising, rising,…
