American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Power Elite
As the dust from the recent explosion over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act begins to settle, one…
Out of a Dark Wood
How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem by rod dreher …
Heart’s Knowledge
Disability, Providence, and Ethics: Bridging Gaps, Transforming Lives by hans s. reinders baylor, 248 pages, $49.95 What…
Voting Conscience
Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society by cathleen kaveny georgetown, 304 pages, $29.95 Emerging…
The Church of Darwin
Right from the start, Darwin’s theory was about much more than scientific truth. Darwin himself believed that…
A New Era
God’s Planet by owen gingerich harvard, 192 pages, $19.95 According to a famous formulation of Stephen Jay…
The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics
Last month, Jeffrey Sachs and Ban Ki-moon, arguably the most powerful proponents of abortion and population control…
The Real Immigration Challenge
Back in the 1990s, Newt Gingrich observed that every society faces an immigration challenge (this was when…
Nelson Rockefeller as Social Gospel Christian
Richard Norton Smith’s outstanding new biography of Nelson Rockefeller does not directly focus much on the religious beliefs…
A Thicker Kind of Mere
I am an avid reader and an occasional contributor to the magazine Touchstone, a periodical that describes…
Hillary’s Purposes and God’s
When I heard Hillary Clinton’s statement at the recent 2015 Women in the World Summit that “Deep-seated…
On Retreat
David Mills, inspired by a Facebook post from Robby George, has exhorted mostly unnamed proponents of the…
Faith, Fatalism, and Freddie Gray
One recent day at the Baltimore clinic where I care for the homeless, I spoke with a patient…
Schubert Revived
Fierrabras composed by franz schubert performed at the 2014 salzburg festival In the world of opera today,…
The Power of Love
When I go walking on the street My Guardian Angel walks behind. I hear the rustling of…
