American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Homer’s Reach
Homer and His Iliad by robin lane fox basic books, 464 pages, $32.50 The Iliad by homer,…
Reclaiming a Culture of Life in Health Care
A faithful and inspiring Catholic man was battling cancer earlier this year. Looking for hospice care, he…
Punished for Getting Married
In traditional marriage vows, husband and wife promise to care for each other “in sickness and in…
Love Among the Ashes
February 14 this year brings the rare convergence of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day. Rarer still is…
Hegel Vindicated
Hegel: The Philosopher of Freedomby klaus viewegstanford university, 488 pages, $40 Klaus Vieweg’s eight-hundred-page biography of Hegel made…
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Other Thinkers
Years ago, I spent a month with my family in Burundi. I had once worked there when…
Tohu wa-bohu on the Tiber
Within twenty-four hours last month, three mainstream Catholic websites ran stories describing Pope Francis’s meeting with the…
Captain Bob
On the day my family moved into our home in Northern Virginia, we found a bottle of…
How Nebraska Became the Volleyball State
On August 3, more than 92,000 people filled Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to view a women’s…
The Remnant
The day I lost my sight,I could no more see you, my love,Still God is in the…
Reactionary Hope
The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalizationby eviane leidigcolumbia university, 288 pages, $110…
Above the Thunderstorm
A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life by zena hitz cambridge university, 150 pages, $12.99 At first glance,…
Withered Hands and Minds
The Pharisees defend the sabbath, while Jesus puts an end to it—or so we often think. Mark…
Remembering Nicholas Rescher, a Gentle Giant
Nicholas Rescher, who died on January 5 at age ninety-five, was the most extensively published philosopher of…
The Desecration of Man
This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the lectures that became C. S. Lewis’s book The Abolition…
